A principal who closed a school over rising Covid-19 fears said it was “the right decision for the common good”.
Pupils had last Friday off as the school was shut over concerns about case transmission after around a dozen students had tested positive since the mid-term break. Standing by the choice by the 125-pupil school’s board of management to close, Mr Loftus admitted he didn’t have scientific data to back up the decision.
“We’re talking realistically here [about] the right to life, the right to education; the two things are very important, but they’re not the same.
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