Appropriate accommodation for Coláiste Raithín
February 6, 2012
The parents, students and staff of Coláiste Ráithín are campaigning for appropriate accommodation for the school, and are seeking the support of the wider gaelscoil community. Statement from the campaign:
Since 1994, management, staff and parents in Coláiste Ráithín have been working on the relocation of Coláiste Ráithín to new premises. Seventeen years on, Coláiste Ráithín is still located in the same situation – on 2 separate sites, in prefabricated, unsuitable buildings with no recreational, leisure or sports facilities. Despite this, the school is one of the best schools in the county and the pupils continue to thrive academically.
The pupils, teachers and staff of Coláiste Ráithín deserve a new school building that reflects the commitment, aspirations and achievements of the school community.
Most second level schools in the area have recently received significant investment and have been substantially upgraded. In 2014, the Department of Education (DES) will open a brand new state-of-the-art second level school, on a 12-acre site in Blacklion, 4 miles from Coláiste Ráithín. In order to compete with this new school and the other recently upgraded schools in the area, Coláiste Ráithín must be given similar investment, and a new, state-of-the-art school building be built and open that same year, 2014.
Sign the petition here: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/colaisteraithinnewschoolbuilding2014/
