Anger at decision to close school without consultation

THE decision to close a growing, second-level school in Galway without consulting staff or parents was sharply criticised by teachers yesterday.

Anger at decision to close school without consultation

The Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) has received legal advice that the disbandment of the school board at Seamount College in Kinvara is in breach of the Education Act.

The western province of the Sisters of Mercy told the board and teachers last October that it had decided no more girls would be enrolled and that the school would be closed on a phased basis. The board was given less than a week’s notice by the trustees that they were being replaced by a single manager to oversee the closure.

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