sentences:  Enrolment slowly increased and it was not until the 1960s that the need for a proper post-primary school in the area was accepted, and in October 1965, 44 students and five teachers moved from the rented accommodation into a new purpose-built school.The numbers continued to increase and by 1976, when students sat for the Leaving Cert, for the first time, enrolment stood at 329.To cope with the increasing numbers, a new building was officially opened by the Minister for Education on 12 October 1984.