School Extension Given Green Light by DESK
It has been a long road but the much anticipated extension at Davis College has cleared the final hurdle and been sanctioned by the Department of Education. The multi million euro extension will see the capacity of the school reach over 1000 pupils.
The new building is more than double the size of the existing building and includes specialist rooms such as Engineering, Construction, Art, Home Economic, Music and DCG classrooms. It also houses three new science laboratories as well as a state of the art computer suite. In addition, there will be a Special needs unit with sensory area incorporated into the building. Outdoor facilities include a full size pitch and six basketball courts.
The existing building which is still in excellent condition will remain an integral part of the school with plans to give over one of the wings to the Gaelcholáiste. The prefabs currently in place will be removed and this will allow for additional parking facilities on the school grounds.
Construction will take approximately eighteen months. Disruption to the existing school will be minimal as Sexton’s Boreen has been upgraded to accommodate construction traffic and access to the site is via the Boreen only.
