The initial pre-enrollment list for September 2008 needs to be sent to the Department of Education by the end of January.

Therefore anyone who was unable to attend the pre-enrollment day should submit their completed pre-enrollment form as soon as possible. The form can be downloaded from here.

Pre-enrollment, right up to 2012, is also open to all on a first come first served basis. So remember to get your forms in as early as possible.

A pre-enrollment stand will be set-up in the Barry Collins SuperValu in Carrigaline on Saturday 19th January.

Pre-enrollment forms will be available for junior infants classes starting September 2008. Pre-enrollment numbers for junior infants for this coming September are an important part in the submission to the Dept. of Education for the establishment of a new primary school in Carrigaline.

The stand will be there during the morning and afternoon. You can download and fill in a pre-enrollment form and simply drop it by.

Carrigaline Educate Together is holding a public launch of their pre-enrollment list  on Saturday 12th January 2008, at the Carrigaline Community Centre. Time: 2-5pm.

The purpose of the launch is to allow parents to place their childrens names on a waiting list for the proposed school.

Educate Together has recently submitted a formal notification of its intention to apply to open a school in the Carrigaline area in September 2008.

A spokesperson for Educate Together added, “If the application is successful, Educate Together will only proceed to open the school if the Department of Education and Science provides a reasonable level of funding to support the professional services necessary to allow the school to open in a responsible and efficient manner and where there is a realistic and credible guarantee that permanent buildings are being provided for the proposed school.”

Educate Together is the representative organisation of the Educate Together schools and associations throughout the Republic of Ireland. It owes its origins to the movement to establish new multi-denominational primary schools, which emerged in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Today there are 44 Educate Together schools throughout Ireland. Educate Together aims to meet a growing need in Irish society for schools that recognise the developing diversity of Irish life and the modern need for democratic management structures. In particular, Educate Together guarantees children and parents of all faiths and none equal respect in the operation and governing of education.

Educate Together Schools are fully recognised by the Irish Department of Education and Science and work under the same regulations and funding structures as other national schools. However, they have a distinct ethos or governing spirit.