Yesterday, it was announced that dedicated schools for students with additional needs would reopen on February 11th and that classes in mainstream schools for pupils with special needs would resume on February 22nd.
This follows an agreement reached by the Department of Education with the Fórsa and INTO trade unions, which represent special needs assistants and primary school teachers respectively.
Risteard Pierse’s 17-year-old daughter Sophie-Mai has Down’s Syndrome and attends St Ita’s and St Joseph’s Special School in Balloonagh, Tralee.
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