If planning is approved, it's expected the new premises will increase capacity from 600 to 1,000 students.
Avondale Community College has lodged an application to build a new school in Rathdrum.
If planning is approved, it's expected the new premises will increase capacity from 600 to 1,000 students.
Chairman of the school's board of management is Jimmy O' Shaughnessy.
He says the project will help meet the growing demand for places in the area:
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