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Head teacher slates school board
11.06.10
by Caoimhinn Barr, Inishowen Independent
AN Inishowen primary school headmaster has launched
a scathing attack on the members of his Board of
Management, who, he alleges, have "willfully wasted
tens of thousands of euro in the last year".
Gerard McGeehan, principal of Scoil Eoghain,
Moville, said he was "disgusted and astonished" at
the board, which, he claimed, had squandered
taxpayers’ money in the middle of a recession.
Mr McGeehan made the allegations in a recent letter
to local parents. The letter was given to some 200
pupils in the school, who were told to give it to
their parents.
The Inishowen Independent received a copy of Mr
McGeehan’s controversial memo this week. It reads:
"Dear Parents,
The school will close for the summer vacation on
Wednesday 23rd June at 11:00am and open on Wednesday
1st Sept.
I also wish to express my disgust and astonishment
at thousands of euros worth of computer equipment -
much of it brand new - being dumped in a skip by the
Board of Management.
This is typical of what is going on here with the
taxpayer's money being squandered willfully without
any regard to the recessionary times we are in.
In the past year tens of thousands of euros has been
wasted in all sorts of ways and absolutely no
consultation takes place with those who are tasked
with the proper running of the school. Gerard
McGeehan." |
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When contacted
yesterday, a spokesperson for the Scoil Eoghain
board of management said its members were not in a
position to respond to Mr McGeehan’s claims at this
time. The board chairperson is currently out of the
country. The dramatic development comes less than
two weeks after the state-of-the-art €2.7 million
Scoil Eoghain building was officially opened by An
Tanaiste, Mary Coughlan. |
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