Educate Together vies with VEC to be school patron [IrishTimes]
- Published: 14 December 2011
THE MULTIDENOMINATIONAL group Educate Together is set to challenge Co Dublin VEC’s bid to become patron of a new secondary school in north Co Dublin. If successful, the school in Lusk would be the first Educate Together second-level school in the country.
The second-level school is due to open its doors in 2013 and its patronage has yet to be decided.
John McKenna, chairman of the Educate Together Second Level Lusk group, said an Educate Together school would be a school for the whole community.
Both prospective patrons – Educate Together and Co Dublin VEC – are offering a multidenominational and coeducational model. The main distinguishing factor, as far as Educate Together is concerned, is the educational approach.
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