Work to restart on Saplings Special School
The new Saplings Special School on the half-built site in Graiguecullen Photo: Michael O'Rourke Photography
WORK is due to start again on Saplings Special School, Graiguecullen in two weeks’ time after the site lay idle for some time. According to deputy Brian Stanley, work will begin again on the site after it was stalled for financial reasons for two-and-a-half years.
The school, which specialises in educating children on the autism spectrum, is currently housed in prefabs in Killeshin village as a stop-gap measure.
Deputy Stanley said in a statement that ‘long overdue work on Laois special school is due to begin’.
The project has been funded through the immigrant investor programme, but, according to deputy Stanley, additional funding may be needed to complete the project.
‘I have raised this a number of times with the two education ministers and told them that government cannot absolve itself of responsibility.
‘The children with special needs who are currently accommodated in temporary prefabs at Killeshin are entitled to the same educational environment as every other child. I look forward to progress being made and will continue to prioritise the new building for Saplings,’ concluded deputy Stanley.
