1974 : Ballinteer
Community School opened in September of that year
in a number of prefabricated buildings.
Construction began immediately on the current
site which was completed in 1976. Mr. Aidan
J. McGovern was appointed Principal and Mr. Paddy
Byrne Vice Principal.
1975 : A special unit for
the integrated teaching of physically disabled
students - one of three of
its kind in Ireland - was established.
1980 : Austen
Corcoran was appointed Vice Principal.
Enrolment reached 1,024 students and over 60
teachers were employed.
1993 : On the
decease of Mr. Aidan McGovern, Dr. Austen
Corcoran was appointed Principal and Mr. Danny
Cussen Deputy Principal.
1994 : The
Transition year programme was introduced.
1995 : The
21st Anniversary of the founding of the school
was celebrated and substantial development took
place. This included the construction of
two Home Economics rooms and development of a
Multimedia Centre
1996 : The
Leaving Certificate Applied was introduced.
The
Ethos of the school is promoted in an inclusive way so
that students, irrespective of their varied religious
traditions have a strong conviction of their Faith and
the intellectual curiosity and religious commitment to
develop and deepen their knowledge of it.
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