Threat to small schools [southernstar.ie]
- Published: 06 January 2012
A PUBLIC meeting has been called to address the fact that small schools across the country with four teachers or fewer could start to close in 2012.
Clara McGowan, the principal of St James’ School in Durrus, said the closures would ‘devastate rural communities and jeopardise the high standards of primary school education in the country.’
Last year, teachers and principals from all over West Cork came out in force to attend a meeting at the West Cork Education Centre, to show solidarity in the campaign to reverse the cuts imposed on rural schools in the recent budget.
A second meeting will be held at 7.30pm on Monday, January 16th, in the Parkway Hotel in Dunmanway to inform the public how these cuts will impact on small schools in the area.
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