Help 6th years of St Aidan’s get their last week of school

St.Aidan’s Comprehensive School 6th year students gathering outside their school this evening as 15 minutes before the bell on the 16/05/25 they get told it’s their last day of 6th year. 

Us students are appalled that the school is telling us last minute that we do not have school next week.

The students went in and tried to talk it out and we all got shut down and got told to empty our lockers. As students stood there crying after what was told to them and there was no sympathy or any look of care in their eyes for the clearly annoyed and frustrated students. This is a disgrace on students who spent 6 years in the school studying hard and looking forward to graduation and the build up of leaving school. To get that taken away from us we are utterly disappointed and we should have a valid reason given to us why we can’t go in next week, and why it was taken away from us.

The principal stood infront of students who were crying with no sympathy. Rumours of pranks circulated the staff, with no clear verification that any of it was happening.

Students had no knowledge or plans for any said pranks. The following dress up days were planned: dress up as OAPs, cowboys and a beach day.

The end of school is already a tough time for students as pressure of the leaving cert exams is ramping up and up and we prepare for the end of this chapter. It is horrible and unfair on all students who just wanted to cherish their last week in school together. The school is renowned for preaching mental health and sent an ample amount of students home crying. Utter hypocrisy. The absolute majority of our year has always followed the rules and tried our best to be good students and we have been sent home with 15 minutes notice that it was our last day together. Now we stand in unity to be allowed to attend our last week of school. 
We hope to get the people of cootehill and surrounding areas behind us.

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