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claimed that the school
has failed to tackle problems there for too long.
“The children are not getting the
standard of education they should be
getting and this is causing problems
down the line when they go to sec- ondary school. The school and the board of management haven’t tack- led it properly and the children are the ones losing out. Parents will start voting with their feet. The school will close unless this is tackled ur- gently,” he said.
Chairman of the school’s board of management Brendan Quinlivan, said that the school underwent a routine whole school evaluation in November of last year, which high- lighted issues that should be tackled.
Mr Quinlivan added that the board of management “is aware of the con- cerns raised by parents and we are acting on those concerns”.
“We are using the facilities and resources available to us through the St Senan’s Education Office and we are keeping parents informed of what is being done.”