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New School Groups
Educate Together is currently engaging with groups in a number of areas around the country.
To see information on the 12 new schools opening September 2008 click here
If you are interested in finding out more about setting up an Educate Together school in your area please contact:
Please click on the start up group near you. If there is no group listed in your area please contact a Regional Development Officer as above.
Athlone Start-Up Group
Athy Start-Up Group
Carpenterstown- Dublin 15 Educate Together Start-Up Group
Dungarvan Start-Up Group
Holywell Swords Start-Up Group
Longford Start-Up Group
South Donegal Start-Up Group
Tallaght Start-Up Group
Athlone Start-Up Group
Educate Together have a start up group in Athlone, working towards the establishment of an Educate Together National School school in the town. Enrollment for this school is now open, following a very successful launch on Saturday November 8th. For further details on enrollments, please contact Leila Mandal, the Pre-Enrollment Officer, at 087 9825 807 or by e-mail at EducateTogetherAthlone@gmail.com. Alternatively, pre-enrollment forms can be downloaded here.
A coffee morning is being planned for Friday December 12th, which is open to anyone who wishes to find out more about Educate Together in Athlone. Jarlath Munnelly is the Regional Development Officer working with this group. For further queries, Jarlath can be contacted at 01 4292500 or jarlath.munnelly@educatetogether.ie.
Athy Start-Up Group
It is the intention that an Educate Together school will open in Athy in 2009. A successful pre-enrolment was held in June and children can now be pre-enrolled for the proposed school. For further information, please contact Athy Educate Together Association at athyeducatetogether@gmail.com, or Tommy Lavelle on 0877710536.
Amy Mulvihill is the Regional Development Officer working with this group. Tel: 01 429 2500, Email: amy.mulvihill@educatetogether.ie
Carpenterstown- Dublin 15 Educate Together Start up group
The start-up group is still actively working towards opening in 2009 and welcome other interested parents and supporters to join their group.
Educate Together is disappointed to have to announce that its efforts to open a school in Carpenterstown, Dublin 15, this September have been unsuccessful. This school received more applications for places from parents than any school proposal in Educate Together's history. Within two hours of the launch of the pre-enrolment list on January 20 this year, 203 children had been registered. At the time of writing, the current figure of pre-enrolments stands at 263 children, 85 of whom are seeking places in the current year. The figures cover the next five years and show irrefutable evidence of sustained demand for this school from parents in this local area.
It is regrettable that the Minister for Education and Science at the time, Mary Hanafin, did not follow the recommendation of the independent body set up to review applications for new schools, the New School's Advisory Committee. This committee advised that the school should be recognized.
It is also regrettable that the board which heard Educate Together's appeal against this decision took a very narrow interpretation of the regulations and did not balance these regulations against the rights of parents involved or the fact that the Department was in the process of building extensive accommodation in the area which could house the school.
It is unfortunate that the final initiative of Educate Together, to propose that the school could be temporarily housed for the coming year in vacant classrooms in the new Castaheany Educate Together National School has not yet been responded to by the Department of Education and Science.
As a result of this and other Departmental delays, Educate Together does not consider that it will be able to open a school in Carpenterstown for this September and is reluctantly advising those parents seeking places this year to make other arrangements for their children's education.
However, we would like to stress that Educate Together and the local start-up group are fully committed to ensuring that parents in the Carpenterstown area have the option of an Educate Together school as soon as possible.
In the past week, Educate Together has lodged a formal notification of intent to apply to open the school in 2009 with the relevant departmental authority.
Please download the Pre-enrolment form here and return to the address on the form
Maggie Hyland is the local contact and can be reached on 085 1291687. Please check out the groups new website available at http://www.carpenterstown-et.com
Amy Mulvihill is the Regional Development Officer working with this group. Tel: 01 429 2500, Email: amy.mulvihill@educatetogether.ie
Dungarvan Start-Up Group
A successful information meeting was held on September 10th 2008 at the Lawlors Hotel in Dungarvan.
Dungarvan Educate Together will hold 2 Pre-Enrolment day at the end of November.
Dates: Weds, 26th November from 10am to 2pm
Sat, 29th November from 2pm to 6pm
Venue: The Park Hotel, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford
For more info please contact:
Rose on 087 672 00076 or Mary on 086 401 5236
Chairperson Caroline O Malley
087 956 1446
dncom1@eircom.net
Secretary Lynn O Riordan
058 46884
087 820 2334
lynnor@vodafone.ie
Pre-Enrolment Officer Rose Hayes
087 672 0076
troutlet@cablesurf.com
P.R.O. Mary Kelly
086 401 5236
maryjk23@gmail.com
Niall Wall is the Regional Development Officer working with this group. Tel: 01 429 2500, Email: niall.wall@educatetogether.ie
Holywell Swords Start-Up Group
Successful launch of the pre-enrolment list for the proposed new Educate Together National School for Holywell, Swords.
A very successful public launch of the pre-enrolment list for the proposed new Educate Together National School for Holywell, Swords, was held on Saturday 27th September 2008.
The purpose of the public launch of a pre-enrolment list is to demonstrate an immediate need for a new school and to show viability in the future. Over 50 children were pre-enrolled on the day for years up to and including 2013, and the list is now open. Educate Together has been working very closely with the Holywell Residents Association for the past six months, and we are delighted for the support shown from local parents and the wider community. We now intend to build up the pre-enrolment list in the coming months and hopefully be in a position to formally apply for sanction to open the school for September 2009. Anyone looking for more information or forms can ring 01 4292500 or visit www.educatetogether.ie , or download pre-enrolment forms here.
Gerry McKevitt is the Regional Development Officer working in this area. For further information contact gerry.mckevitt@educatetogether.ie or holywell.residents@gmail.com
Longford Start-Up Group
Educate Together are working towards the establishment of an Educate Together National School in Longford. For further information, contact Jarlath Munnelly, Regional Development Officer; 01 4292500 or jarlath.munnelly@educatetogether.ie
South Donegal Start-Up Group
Educate Together are proposing to open a school in the South Donegal/ Donegal Town Area. An information meeting was held during the summer, and further information meetings will be held over the coming months. Jarlath Munnelly, Regional Development Officer, is working with this group. Jarlath can be contacted at 01 4292500 or jarlath.munnelly@educatetogether.ie
Tallaght Start-Up Group
Due to the high level of demand in the Tallaght area, we are currently assessing the possibility of opening schools in the Tallaght and/or Saggart areas. A well attended public meeting was held on the 23rd July. The Tallaght Area Educate Together Association is currently working with Educate Together to assess where there is most demand. If you are interested in this project, please contact Sinéad Harrington at 086 3234750 or take a look at www.tallaghtcitywestet.ie.
The launch of the pre-enrolment list is to take place in Tallaght Institute of Technology on Saturday 4th October from 11am to 1pm. Places in the proposed school will be offered strictly on a first come, first served basis so parents are advised to put their children's names down on the day. If parents cannot attend on the day, they can contact the start-up group at tallaghtcitywestet@gmail.com and a form can be sent to them after the launch.
Amy Mulvihill is the Regional Development Officer working with this group. Tel: 01 429 2500, Email: amy.mulvihill@educatetogether.ie
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