Two schools appeal for long-awaited buildings

TWO schools, one overcrowded and the other struggling with out-of-date classrooms, have appealed to the Department of Education and Science to sanction long-awaited, new buildings.

Gorey Community School in Co Wexford was originally built to accommodate 800 to 900 pupils. An extension was added to cater for a further 400. But today, over 1,600 pupils are packed into classrooms designed to accommodate just 1,300.

“We have a very fine, modern building and good facilities. But we just don’t have enough of them,” according to school vice-principal, Kevin Swords.