MOUNTBELLEW SCHOOL BOARD HOLD EMERGENCY MEETING

Date Published: 27-Feb-2008

The Board of Management of Mountbellew Vocational School has decided that a number of students will remain on suspension until a garda investigation into an incident that took place in the school last Friday is completed.A 15 year old girl claims she was tied up and blindfolded, and had her mouth covered by a group of male students during school hours.Mountbellew Gardai are investigating the incident, while today the school's Board of Management held an emergency meeting. In a statement released to Galway Bay FM news afterwards the board of management say they have as their primary concern the welfare of the girl involved in the incident, adding they wish to support her and her family in any way they canIt goes on to say the board, the school authority, teachers, parents and students are co-operating 100 per cent with the Gardai in their investigationThe statement concludes by saying a number of students will remain suspended until the Gardai complete their investigation.