We want our teachers back, say students

The Department of Education & Science has left the students of our school without two teachers for the coming year. The department told the principal the reason is the school has too many teachers.

The problem is that the two are teachers of music, metalwork, engineering, technical drawing and technical graphics and no other teacher in the school is able to teach these subjects.

The students are very upset about this. We have no one to teach us these important subjects.

Our two teachers are excellent and we want them reappointed. We know that after a big fight by the school, and after exposure in the media, the department agreed that our third and sixth year students would be taught these subjects. This only happened on September 16 last.

Why does the department not care about all the children of this school? What about our first, second and fifth years — who will teach them? Why has the department treated some of our students differently?

Can Children and Youth Affairs Minister Barry Andrews do anything to help?

Sarah Donnelly

Chairperson

Student Council

Aisling Ryan

Secretary

Student Council

St Joseph’s Secondary School

Spanish Point

Milltown Malbay

Co Clare