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Minister Norma Foley with Prinicipal of Presentation Secondary School Tralee Mairead Finucane, Chairperson of the Board of Management Brendan Walsh and pupils Karen Moussa, Olivia Crean, Grace Bright and Rachel Stephenson at the announcement of funding at the school on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean
MINISTER for Education and Kerry T.D, Norma Foley, was at Presentation Secondary School Tralee on Friday to announce multi-million euro funding for new facilities there.
The Department of Education has announced funding for the school to provide for a suite of new facilities including specialist classrooms for music, science, technology, graphics and textiles. Prep rooms, where required, are also included.
The funding also provides for the development of a two-classroom special educational needs base for the school.
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Education Minister Norma Foley said that the funding would provide Presentation Secondary School with new state-of-the-art facilities to continue its proud tradition of education in Tralee.
“This funding will provide tailored, modern facilities which will ensure that education provision in Presentation Secondary School will continue to thrive and flourish.”
“Today’s announcement is an endorsement of the excellence in education that is provided every day in the school. I look forward to the project developing at pace.”
Minister Foley visited Presentation Secondary School to meet with Mairéad Finucane, the school principal, Brendan Walsh, the chairperson of board of management, and staff and students.
Presentation Secondary School will now move to appoint a design team to design and tender the project and oversee the construction.
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