KeepSchoolBusesFree

All children in full time education should be able to get to their catchment school for free.

[KeepSchoolBusesFree @FreeSchoolBus]

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

[Suffolk School Bus Campaign @BusSuffolk]

There's a review underway of the @suffolkcc school transport policy. here's what we think so far https://t.co/x8bvldAqfW

[Suffolk School Bus Campaign @BusSuffolk]

Suffolk parents - please fill in our survey and share. We will submit the results to the school transport review. Deadline 30th November https://t.co/2eiD0jorWI

[Jack Abbott MP @jackabbott90]

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.

[Suffolk School Bus Campaign @BusSuffolk]

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?

[Perton Action for Safe School Travel @PASST97976780]

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

[EssexSchoolTransCuts @EssexSTC]

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!

[James Cartlidge MP 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 @jcartlidgemp]

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.

[Tristan Wood @750sumo]

@BusSuffolk @suffolkcc @HicksCllr 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

[Suffolk School Bus Campaign @BusSuffolk]

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

[Suffolk School Bus Campaign @BusSuffolk]

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

[EssexSchoolTransCuts @EssexSTC]

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... https://t.co/4gZlAzJyLP

[Perton Action for Safe School Travel @PASST97976780]

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 https://t.co/39S4LvWTnV

[Jack Abbott MP @jackabbott90]

🚌✂️ 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.

[Jack Abbott MP @jackabbott90]

📻🚌✂️ 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 👇 https://t.co/uVODIVSQMq

[Fiona Macaulay @FionaLouMac]

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!

[Elfrede Brambley-Crawshaw @CllrElfrede]

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.

[KeepSchoolBusesFree @FreeSchoolBus]

@pennybarham @KarenSoons @Terrygclem @Jochurchill4 @MattHancock Cuts to school transport by @suffolkcc are going to lead to more rural services being cut.