Four and five year old boys and girls have their first day at school.
One parent has hopes for her daughter's future education. Jade appears more concerned about when she is getting her lunch.
Once again, class size continues to be an issue with some teachers having to facilitate thirty or more students. There is also the cost of going back to school. In Neilstown, Dublin parents have been asked to raise funds for the repair of windows in the school building.
Every penny of it came out of the parents' pockets.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 1 September 2003. The reporter is Emma O'Kelly.
