There was a mixture of great joy and relief in south Galway this week with the news that a local secondary school is to be saved from closure. Seamount College in Kinvara is to enrol both boys and girls from next September, becoming south Galway's third co-ed second school, alongside St Calacanctius Secondary School, Oranmore, and Gort Community School.
It is understood that Seamount will operate under the new trusteeship of the Diocese of Galway and Kilmacduagh, with the Bishop as patron.
RESCUE, the umbrella group established to campaign for the retention of secondary education in Kinvara, is delighted that this finally brings certainty to the future of Seamount College.
Spokesperson Jane Joyce said, “The fight to save Seamount and the long tradition of secondary education in Kinvara has been the most amazing journey, which we undertook as a community united. So many people helped in a variety of ways and their determination, hard work and commitment has been rewarded; from next September all the children from the area can be educated in their own community.“
15 months ago, the Department of Education and Science was notified by Seamount’s patron body, the Sisters of Mercy, of their in intention to close the school.
That closing down process was to have commenced last September, and was to be completed by 2012, when the current cohort of students had completed their Leaving Cert exams.
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