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Tralee father asks unions to allow some schools reopen

Jan 25, 2021 13:20 By radiokerrynews
Tralee father asks unions to allow some schools reopen
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A Tralee father, whose daughter has additional needs, is calling for schools to reopen for students with learning difficulties. Risteard Pierse's daughter Sophie-Mai

A Tralee father, whose daughter has additional needs, is calling for schools to reopen for students with learning difficulties.

Risteard Pierse's daughter Sophie-Mai is 17; she has Down's syndrome and is non-verbal.

Sophie-Mai attends St Ita's and St Joseph's School in Tralee, a place where she receives therapies to help her progress in a classroom setting.

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Risteard Pierse says she had been doing well, but has regressed since March when schools first closed due to COVID-19, he says it's disheartening to see.

Online teaching isn't suitable for his daughter.

Mr Pierse has written to teachers' unions asking them to agree to get schools back open.

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He says unions should allow individual schools make their own decisions when it comes to reopening:

 

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