KILCOLGAN GETTING FIRST MULTI-DENOMINATIONAL PRIMARY SCHOOL

Date Published: 25-Apr-2008

Kilcolgan is getting it's first multi-denominational primary school.Kilcolgan Educate Together is opening its doors in September after Education Minister Mary Hanafin granted it recognition today. The School Committee is recruiting a principal next week and offering places to 90 children who have pre-enrolled and the school is still taking enrolments for September for all ages. The Department of Education has also agreed to fund the staff salaries and basic running costs. The co-ed school will operate out of prefabs in a site in Kilcolgan until they get funding to build a permanent school building.Chairperson of Kilcolgan Educate Together School Committee, Louise Kinlen explains what prompted them to set up their own school.