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» Belleek Schools to Explore Shared Model
Aug 10, 2012 - 2:32:58 PM
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In North West Fermanagh, Belleek Controlled Primary School & St John the Baptist Primary Schools have put forward a joint proposal to the Area Planning Process stating they are willing to explore a shared model in the future.
Belleek Primary & St John the Baptist Primary School have enjoyed a successful relationship of sharing for years.
According to the Principal of St John the Baptist, Miss Marie O’Shea, both schools wanted to play an active role in shaping the future of education for the area.
“Our Board of Governors have met on a number of occasions to discuss those matters” she said, “Given the Viability Report & the Area Planning, we felt it was pertinent that we began looking at what the possibilities for the future could be.
We wanted to see if there was a willingness amongst the parent groups and the wider community for some form of a shared model in the future.
We are not saying what exactly that would be, but we just wanted to see whether there was a willingness out there for people to explore it.”
As a result their joint proposal has gone forward to WELB’s Area Planning Process.
“Nothing is set in stone,” said Miss O’Shea.
“But we would rather be in the driving seat on this instead of having something shoved on us as a community.
We want to explore it on our own behalf so we can make educated decisions.
We are looking at this as a 30 to 50 year plan for future generations, a legacy, & we want to play our role in ensuring that the best proposal is put forward for the community.”
Before the break up for the summer holiday the 2 schools held a celebration together following their joint Sports Day which was based on the theme of the Olympics.
The schools also had the pleasure of welcoming local Olympic torch bearer, Yvonne Bowles to their celebration day.
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