Delighted Minister for Education has brought forward the new Charlesland Secondary school opening to 2020. I have been lobbying on behalf of the many worried parents who were told they were 80th on the waiting lists for the 2 Greystones Schools. I zoned a 5ha. site for this 15 years ago next to the sports […]
Mitchell say need for Charlesland School is ‘blindly obvious’ “When canvassing I have met quite a few people who cannot get their children into Primary School. It is essential that the Minister for Education opens a school in Charlesland, otherwise the town cannot cope with the traffic. Every year they add on classrooms in […]
Ruari Quinn TD, Minister for Education and Science. Dear Ruari, Greystones School Capacity and Location I think that the Department is not putting the schools in the correct locations and I also get a number of people having difficulty finding a school place. Primary. The new part of the town is in the South (Charlesland […]
At Monday’s meeting of Wicklow County Council Cllr Derek Mitchell said that there would be complete traffic chaos if it was not built ‘The Council has given permission for over 2,000 school places on this road which has been planned since at least 1987. However no work has been done on the road and much […]
Mitchell has asked Department of Education to buy Charlesland School Site I have been concerned for some time that there might be a shortage of school places in Greystones. Two weeks ago I asked Senior Council Officials to persuade the Department to now buy the 5 acre site in Charlesland which is zoned for […]
Wicklow VEC is spending €8,000 of taxpayers money and state paid staff to persuade people. This is very unfair on the voluntary Educate Together Group which must raise funds for brochures and must rely on volunteers in order to inform people of their project. €8,000 buys a lot of leaflets and publicity. A fair competition […]
14 new Secondary Schools were announced by the Department of Education including one in Greystones. This is expected to open in 2014 on land bought by the Department of Education in Blacklion below the 2 Primary Schools. In recent years Greystones population expanded 40%. Two years ago I did a study on where pupils went […]
Press Release Cllr Derek Mitchell supports Educate Together Secondary School in Greystones
The IDA is asking to change the planning status of its 70 acres in Greystones which is zoned for industry. They have owned this land for 25 years but have ignored it and produced no jobs on it. The present work on the site putting in roads, telecoms and other services is very positive. I […]
The IDA presented its plan for its 80 acre site to Greystones Town Council on Wednesday. They intend to develop the section next to Charlesland by putting in a road next January and seeking tenants. The next section they intend to sell off to a developer of Industrial sites and at Mill Road they want […]