Staffing cuts at Gaelscoil 'an extremely hard blow' [sligochampion.ie]
- Published: 26 October 2011
MEMBERS of the Borough Council have backed the bid to prevent the loss of two permanent teachers from Gaelscoil Chnoc na Re at the St. Mary's football club, Ballydoogan.
Councillors suspended standing orders at the General Purposes (Planning) meeting to discuss the issue and unanimously adopted a motion extending the Council's solidarity and support to the staff and school community of the Gaelscoil.
The loss of the two permanent teachers is a result of a decision by the Department of Education and Skills to end the favourable pupilteacher ratio in small and developing gaelscoileanna, something Councillor David Cawley, a parent of a pupil at the school. He described the decision as "an extremely hard blow."
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