Four extra classrooms for Castlebar Educate Together NS at hat factory site

WORK has started to create four additional classrooms for Castlebar Educate Together National School at the old hat factory building on the Newport Road in the county town.

Councillor Ger Deere has welcomed this 'fantastic news' for students and staff who up to this have been operating out of three campuses around the town - Marsh House, Cavendish Lane and at the hat factory site.

A public meeting was called a few months ago to highlight the unsatisfactory and unsafe conditions that the school has had to operate under despite promises made to them some years back to have a stand alone facility built.

Councillor Deere has learned that the Department of Education are leasing the hat factory for five years and while they await a new build, Castlebar Educate Together will have four classrooms at the hat factory in September; then by September ‘25 they hope to have the whole school there.

Councillor Deere hailed it as fantastic news for the pupils and staff.

He complimented principal Sarah Calvey, staff, board of management, parents, students and Minister of State Alan Dillon who, following a public meeting, organised a meeting with Education Minister Norma Foley and her officials and the school board of management to progress this project.