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THE new Ennis National School at Ashline is complete and the building will be officially handed over to the board of management next week.
“There is a great sense of anticipation in the school community for the coming school year as pupils, staff and parents look forward to starting in the new school,” Ray McInerney, school principal commented.
Pupils from first, second, fifth and sixth classes (whose classrooms are on the first floor) will begin school at 8.50am on Friday, August 30.
Pupils from senior infants, third and fourth classes will have to wait until 8.50am on Monday, September 2 for their first day in the new school. Junior infants will also start school on September 2 but at the later time of 9.30am.
Parents dropping their children to school by car should drive to the entrance gate and turn left into the public carpark. Traffic wardens will be available to assist pedestrians and cycle stands have been provided. The school bus will provide transport between the old school and the new school from early September.
The board of management has praised the Department of Education and Skills and the contractors, Stewarts, for completing the school ahead of schedule, in time for the beginning of the 2013-14 school year.
