The principal of Blakestown Community School is confident students will return at the end of August but cannot guarantee the school will remain open for the year.
Frank Milling, who has been principal of the north Dublin secondary school for a year, says it is going to take a lot of effort to implement the Government's roadmap within four weeks.
Mr Milling has hired a health and safety consultant to formulate a bespoke plan for the school. Lockers have already been removed from the corridors over concerns it would be impossible to maintain physical distancing.
Some classrooms have been reconfigured in line with illustrations published on the Government's website. In order to maintain one-metre distancing between students and the teacher,