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Petition Collects over 6,000 signatures
The action day also attracted a great deal of attention in local print and radio media around the country. Many groups have also been lobbying their local politicians, with the result that this matter was raised in the Dåil by a range of TDs in the first few days back after the summer break. The next step will be to deliver the petition to Minister O’Keeffe to put further pressure on him to accelerate the process to enable Educate Together to open second-level schools. Anyone who has not yet signed this petition can do so at http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/educate-together-second-level-campaign.html until 5th November. Educate Together invited to participate in Adamstown Community College BoardFollowing involvement in the Interim Boards of Management of newly established Community Colleges in Donabate and Phibblestown, Educate Together is pleased to have been asked to participate in a similar Board for the Adamstown Community College, which is due to open in September 2009. This Interim Board is being set up by the patron of the Community College, County Dublin VEC and will have representatives from community and educational interests in the area. Tom Moriarty, principal of Adamstown Castle Educate Together National School will represent Educate Together on this Board. The opening of the Adamstown school will take the number to three of “non-designated” Community Colleges which have opened under the patronage of County Dublin VEC in a two-year period. In addition, Minister Batt O’Keeffe announced in a press release on 22nd October that new Community Colleges in Balbriggan and Dublin 15 are also to have County Dublin VEC as their patron. While Educate Together appreciates the invitation extended by County Dublin VEC to participate in Interim Boards of new Community Colleges in areas where Educate Together National Schools are established, and will continue to work in a spirit of partnership with County Dublin VEC in this regard, we are disappointed that the Department of Education and Science continues to make decisions on the patronage of new post-primary schools without consulting local parents, communities or patron bodies. Statements made last month by the Joint Managerial Body and the Irish Bishops Conference show that this concern is shared by other independent patrons. There are now five Educate Together national schools in the wider Lucan area and parents from these schools have recently established a Task Force to step up the campaign for an Educate Together second-level school for Lucan. Demand for such a school was first proven by parents from Lucan Educate Together National School, who collected over 1,500 pre-enrolments in a campaign in 2002. Waterford Second-level Group Complete Fun Run
Lorna Long, Noeleen Dooley, Joanne That’s all for now. Don’t forget to visit the second-level rooms in the forum and get chatting! www.educatetogetherforum.ieEducate Together Second-level Project
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Dr John O’Reilly, University of Limerick, reporting on the Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Working Group.
The second-level Action Day held by Educate Together national schools on 25th September attracted huge support and the petition calling on the Minister for Education and Science to register Educate Together as a second-level patron has now gathered over 6,000 signatures. Paper petitions have been sent in by X schools (check latest figures with Barra), with hundreds more signatures being gathered online. Many thanks to all those who helped to make this day such a great success.