Letters to the editor: Educate Together school needed in Citywest area

Dear Editor,

I am writing to you in response to your excellent article in The Echo on  December 1 about a letter sent to the Dept. of Education by councillor Martina Genockey requesting attention on the urgent need for a secondary school in the Saggart/Citywest area.

I am an activist and parent with Citywest Educate Together Secondary School Campaign. We have been campaigning since 2014 for an Educate Together secondary school in our community to follow the wonderful education our children have been afforded in Citywest Educate Together National School.

Frankly, we thought we’d plenty of time, but now it seems the Dept. of Education is ignoring the need for secondary schools in our area despite setting up four primary schools.

I was one of the original campaigners for the start up group for this school, and The Echo was also a great supporter of this campaign. In no small way did The Echo help our campaign to gain public attention.