What exactly do you mean by a waiting list? Was there a risk that your kids wouldn’t get a place in your local school?
Sorry, this is probably a little off topic now, just wondering, rural schools are generally crying out for kids, often a big influx will net them an extra teacher
Yes, there was a risk you’d be sent down to Whitegate school which has a terrible reputation and fuck all teachers. It basically shouldn’t even be open. There was a risk you wouldn’t get in to the preschool at all. We’ve had to apply for secondary schools in Midleton and Carrigtwohill already and there are no guarantees
You should probably look into that for yourself. You are a deeply unwell person and demonstrably despise not just yourself but everybody else in this world. Well, except those who seek to destroy it and cause chaos and hardship in it.
Accomodation that has become free around this time of year. For example seaside towns that close up for winter. Have @the_limericks put out the feelers around kilkee and you’ll see that many guest houses/small hotels who usually closed around this time are now taking in Ukrainians instead of shutting up shop as usual. Who knows, it might breathe a bit of life into ciuntry towns or Klare hurling.
Around schools not sounding feasible, im sorry it doesnt sound feasible to you. There’s honestly nothing i can do about your closed mindset.
Schools and teachers are very resourceful id find when they want to be and the genuine wish to educate people is powerful. Deis schools in towns have capacity because for years people have turned up their noses at them and pupil numbers were dropping. Post primary has much more fluidity with numbers and capacity because classes are split for options etc so many classes are not full.
None of the above is perfect but its a start.
squeezing some in doesn’t sound like a joined up strategy for integrating these refugees in to our Education System… How many of them have basic English? What will the translator situation be like if they haven’t enough English to be educated? I’m fairly open minded mate.
There needs to a less unilateral solution than just taking them in and seeing what happens.
Until we have proper procedures in place, slow down the bottlenecks in City West and other temporary accomodations, sort out procedures and policies, do a pledged housing drive, get agreements in place, get translators, get school transports sorted.
Flying by the seat of your pants while adding more problems to an already overburdened society won’t help anybody at all.