All children in full time education should be able to get to their catchment school for free.
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27 Jan 2018
How is it right we have free bus passes for the elderly to get to bingo but not children and 16-18 year olds to get to school? Councils across the country cutting school bus provision expecting parents to foot the bill at £1,000s per child per year. #austerity #education
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KeepSchoolBusesFree retweeted
16 Nov 2019
There's a review underway of the @suffolkcc school transport policy. here's what we think so far suffolkschoolbus.org/blog/fu…
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KeepSchoolBusesFree retweeted
16 Nov 2019
Suffolk parents - please fill in our survey and share. We will submit the results to the school transport review. Deadline 30th November suffolkschoolbus.typeform.co…
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KeepSchoolBusesFree retweeted
5 Nov 2019
If the Tories want to minimise the impact of their cuts on schools and families, and avoid this from happening each and every summer, then they need to do more than paper over the cracks and look to fundamentally change the policy.
5 Nov 2019
'Will #Suffolk school transport review result in changes to the policy?'
@jackabbott90: "The Tories have to be prepared to make significant changes to their terrible policy, otherwise they will just be paying lip service." eadt.co.uk/news/suffolk-scho…
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KeepSchoolBusesFree retweeted
18 Oct 2019
Encouraging to hear there will be a review of the disastrous #SchoolTransport policy @CllrMaryEvans @HicksCllr please can you outline 1)this covers the policy as well as the process and 2)how you will ensure the experiences of parents are properly heard and taken into account?
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KeepSchoolBusesFree retweeted
Would @StaffordshireCC like to assess the walking route on #schoolrun today? You'll need a raft today!. No child should risk death for an education on #walktoschool @Pedestr_Safety @Road_Safety_GB @RNLI @ExpressandStar @HarrietEvans_ES @GMB @ITVCentral
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KeepSchoolBusesFree retweeted
23 Oct 2019
We're not leaving the EU on the 31st but we do have the chance to have the biggest say in School Transport in a generation. Fill it in! Cup of tea and a hob nob and it's done!
20 Oct 2019
11 days to get your response in the Government's Home to School Transport consultation. Have your say and make a difference. If you want help with it please message me... gov.uk/government/consultati…
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KeepSchoolBusesFree retweeted
17 Oct 2019
I very much welcome this review of school transport policy from SCC. I have focused on supporting parents with appeals, but flaws remain in the overall policy e.g. treatment of siblings. I will be writing to Mark Hardingham ASAP to set out my concerns.
17 Oct 2019
School transport review confirmed as public apology issued for problems eadt.co.uk/suffolk-county-co…
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KeepSchoolBusesFree retweeted
18 Oct 2019
Absolutely! Please don't go on about choice either and look at the guidance about breaking established links between schools as well as keeping siblings together and dont be so punitive against parents and their children. I know the policy will be reviewed now but it was so cruel
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KeepSchoolBusesFree retweeted
18 Oct 2019
Please advise @SuffolkCC @HicksCllr. Parents are currently applying for secondary schools for next year. If as is usual the catchment school is their 1st choice pls ensure those in #SplitVillages are not forced to choose schools until the outcome of the #SchoolTransport review
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KeepSchoolBusesFree retweeted
18 Oct 2019
So @jackabbott90 caught the school bus as a boy in rural Suffolk. Wonder how many of the Conservative councillors responsible for the #SchoolTransport policy actually did the same? Representation matters
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KeepSchoolBusesFree retweeted
20 Oct 2019
11 days to get your response in the Government's Home to School Transport consultation. Have your say and make a difference. If you want help with it please message me... gov.uk/government/consultati…
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KeepSchoolBusesFree retweeted
Whilst @Staffordshirecc maybe trying to encourage reducing air pollution on the walk to school, this is what our kids would face. Too dangerous to walk @ITVCentral. Appeal to ombudsman submitted @FreeSchoolBus @WickendenGraham @EssexSTC youtu.be/AAw-UbEeYhs
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KeepSchoolBusesFree retweeted
17 Oct 2019
🚌✂️ After a summer of chaos, we are proposing three common sense changes to a deeply flawed policy.
All three issues were brought up repeatedly during consultation but fell on deaf ears.
The Conservatives have the chance to make amends by backing the proposals today.
3 Mar 2018
The home-to-school transport consultation may have ended this week but the fight for the right outcome for #Suffolk continues.
Take a look back at the incredible coverage that this campaign has received so far, generating a number of headlines and front pages 👇
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KeepSchoolBusesFree retweeted
17 Oct 2019
📻🚌✂️ Good to hear @750sumo on @BBCSuffolk talk about the common sense proposals we have put forward to help ease some of the worst effects of school bus cuts in #Suffolk.
Let's hope Tory Cllrs are listening to parents like him.
Listen from 1:17:28 👇 bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07ps97…
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KeepSchoolBusesFree retweeted
17 Oct 2019
But the apology for a poor implementation of the school transport policy doesn’t go far enough. The apology needs to be given for implementing a POOR policy in the first place!
17 Oct 2019
@ChairSCC at last an apology, shame it wasn't from Mr Jones!!
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KeepSchoolBusesFree retweeted
11 Oct 2019
SCC school travel policy has been a disaster for families, causing anxiety and disruption to schooling for many children. It's a backward step for sustainable transport too, school buses keep cars off the road and reduce families needing to make multiple journeys.
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KeepSchoolBusesFree retweeted
8 Oct 2019
Shame that @essex_cc are leaving thousands of parents with little choice other than to transport their children to school by car then! bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england…
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