The school will be located on a greenfield site on the Tempo Road near Killyvilly outside Enniskillen.

    The newly amalgamated secondary level school will come into existence in September 2004 with both High Schools adopting the new title of Devenish College but continuing to operate on a split site basis. It is estimated that the college’s new single site accommodation will not be complete until September 2008.

    The announcements were made at the first meeting of the school’s Interim Board of Governors last week where Canon Raymond Thompson was elected as Chairman and Mr. Alex Baird appointed as Vice-Chairman.

    “We have a very busy time ahead of us but those involved in the amalgamation are excited about the future because we will be providing a state of the art school for that (11-18 years) sector of education in Fermanagh,” said Canon Thompson.

    The new school is planned to accommodate approximately 800 pupils and an economic appraisal is currently underway to assess the school’s accommodation requirements.

    The Western Education and Library Board have determined that time scale for completion of the new school will be dependent on approvals and funding from the Department of Education.

    Canon Thompson explained that a sub-committee had been formed to look at the new school’s criteria during the recent Board of Governors’ meeting.

    “The school’s criteria has yet to be established and further sub-committees are to be set in place, however, the Board of Governors is proceeding with the appointment of a new principal immediately,” he said.