(UK) Ballymena opens new $28M (US) SPED school; current enrollment of 306 students

June 27, 2018, Ballymena Times: New £21million [$28M US|] Castle Tower School officially opened in Ballymena https://www.ballymenatimes.com/news/new-21million-castle-tower-school-officially-opened-in-ballymena-1-8548315 A special event was held at Castle Tower School in Ballymena this week to mark the official opening of the new £21million state of the art education complex. Castle Tower School caters for pupils aged three to 19 with severe, moderate and physical learning difficulties and is the only school in the Ballymena area for children with special educational needs. The school currently has an enrolment of 306 pupils and follows an amalgamation of Loughan School, Dunfane School, and Beechgrove School in the town… The new school has a range of specialist facilities on a 13 acre site including a hydrotherapy pool, sensory courtyards and rooms, play facilities and a full height climbing wall. … “This involves a significant investment of around £21million into this community and the new accommodation will provide Castle Tower with the much needed, state of the art, new school for the current pupils and future generations….