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Board meets after school arson Board meets after school arson
(40 minutes later)
Education authorities are to meet later to discuss a plan to accommodate 400 pupils whose County Antrim school was destroyed by arsonists at the weekend.Education authorities are to meet later to discuss a plan to accommodate 400 pupils whose County Antrim school was destroyed by arsonists at the weekend.
Much of Whitehouse Primary School on the Doagh Road, Newtownabbey, was destroyed in the blaze on Saturday.Much of Whitehouse Primary School on the Doagh Road, Newtownabbey, was destroyed in the blaze on Saturday.
Only the nursery section of the school survived the early morning fire.Only the nursery section of the school survived the early morning fire.
Whitehouse Primary is the third school to be targeted by arsonists in the greater Belfast area in the past few days.Whitehouse Primary is the third school to be targeted by arsonists in the greater Belfast area in the past few days.
Last Wednesday, St Mary's Star of the Sea Primary School on the Shore Road was damaged in an arson attack.Last Wednesday, St Mary's Star of the Sea Primary School on the Shore Road was damaged in an arson attack.
A plastic sign and rubbish bins were set alight and a boilerhouse was extensively damaged.A plastic sign and rubbish bins were set alight and a boilerhouse was extensively damaged.
The arsonists also tried to set fire to the roof and sectarian graffiti was written on the building.The arsonists also tried to set fire to the roof and sectarian graffiti was written on the building.
A fire at a former school - La Salle Boys' School - on the Glen Road last Thursday is also being treated as suspicious.A fire at a former school - La Salle Boys' School - on the Glen Road last Thursday is also being treated as suspicious.
Watch firefighters tackle the blaze
Northern Eastern Board officers hope to be able to provide facilities for the pupils of Whitehouse PS when the new school year begins in September.Northern Eastern Board officers hope to be able to provide facilities for the pupils of Whitehouse PS when the new school year begins in September.
Gordon Topping, chief executive of the North Eastern Education and Library Board, said there were already plans for a new school on the site but now board officers would have to press the Education Department to release funding quickly to get the rebuild started.Gordon Topping, chief executive of the North Eastern Education and Library Board, said there were already plans for a new school on the site but now board officers would have to press the Education Department to release funding quickly to get the rebuild started.
"We are meeting to discuss the various options that are available," he said."We are meeting to discuss the various options that are available," he said.
"It could be mobile classrooms, it could be other schools in the nearby area we can use."It could be mobile classrooms, it could be other schools in the nearby area we can use.
"There is sufficient accommodation round to get the school up and running."There is sufficient accommodation round to get the school up and running.
"We want to reassure parents the school will be up and running on 1 September.""We want to reassure parents the school will be up and running on 1 September."