A primary principal who was told to choose between kids when allocating badly-needed Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) says she is ‘delighted’ officials overturned their own decision and sanctioned more resources.
Anne Marie Ford and Scoil Naomh Colmcille in Co Louth had battled to overturn an initial decision by the Department of Education, who told the principal to 'reprioritise' and choose between 15 vulnerable children in allocating 1.83 SNAs.
One of the SNAs had to support 12 children and the other, who worked until 2pm, helped three children in Junior Infants.
