Gaelscoil moves from prefabs to dreamland [examiner.ie]
- Published: 30 August 2011
Gaelscoil moves from prefabs to dreamland
STUDENTS who were previously educated in prefabs on the grounds of a rugby club yesterday moved to a state-of-the-art school at a former hotel in Dunkettle, Co Cork.
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Retirements will cause crisis in pastoral care, managers warn [examiner.ie]
- Published: 30 August 2011
Retirements will cause crisis in pastoral care, managers warn
Although the Department of Education is allowing schools to fill some assistant principal posts left vacant when staff retire, second-level boards are bracing themselves for problems in maintaining pastoral care systems for students.
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Substitution funding decision ‘a planning nightmare’ [examiner.ie]
- Published: 30 August 2011
Substitution funding decision ‘a planning nightmare’
SCHOOLS face planning nightmares trying to arrange important exam-related and other activities as there is no certainty over funding for substitution cover after Christmas.
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Publishers snub Quinn's school book prices plea [independent.ie]
- Published: 30 August 2011
Publishers snub Quinn's school book prices plea
SCHOOL book publishers have snubbed Education Minister Ruairi Quinn, saying they will not make any "rash" decisions on reducing prices.
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Shutting loophole would help fight truancy, says expert [examiner.ie]
- Published: 30 August 2011
Shutting loophole would help fight truancy, says expert
ONE of the country’s most experienced school truancy officers believes closing a legal loophole that excludes intervention with younger children could help the battle against regular absences.
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