No one seems to know what’s really going on with regard to the new primary school that Passage was promised a decade ago. Before the election we were informed that the project had been moved to the “design stage.” So surely we could expect some progress?Not so.
The issue is obviously one of the burning topics for many with young kids in our community so we asked Deirdre Clune TD to contact the Dept. of Education to find out what is really happening.
The department told Deputy Clune that the project was moved to “design stage” in November of 2006. Since then nothing of substance has happened. No design team has been appointed, however they have advertised for the team.
The closing date for this tender is the 15th of October and the Dept. of Education hopes to appoint a design team in November… so only 12 months to get a design team!
October 24, 2007 at 2:16 pm
Seems to me that the important question is just how big would a new school have to be to cater for all the new housing in Passage. I don’t like the idea of one 16 classroom super school up by St Peters.
Is there the option of building a new 8-classroom school and retaining the original building as a second national school for Passage? This would also have the benefit of making it easier for parents from Pembroke side of Passage being able to continue walking their charges to school and not adding to the traffic problems.