Planning Permission has been sought by Heywood Community School for an extension.
The application, submitted by the Board of Management, is for a three classroom extension.
This will include one general purpose classroom and a two classroom ASD unit.
Heywood Community School was founded in 1990 following an amalgamation of three religious schools and one vocational school in the Laois area.
It caters for both boys and girls of secondary school age.
Salesian College, Ballinakill first opened it’s doors in 1967 as a boarding and a day school for boys.
Previously it had been a noviciate for young men aspiring to become members of the Salesian Order whose ethos was total dedication to the education of youth.
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