My friends DD is due to start next week at a new school. Due to circumstances she isn't starting at the nearest school, ie, her mum is a lone parent and uses a childminder near her work. The childminder also looks after my friends other pre-school child. The plan was the DD would be able to get the school bus from the new school to the childminder after school and stay there until her mum could collect her and was initially told by the school this should be fine.
However, the transport dept are now saying they won't provide free transport as it isn't the local school for her. My friend is contesting it as its impossible for her to collect her from school as she has to work (lone parent) and therefore has to use a child minder and it would be impossible to expect her DD to walk home from the new school or even her local school and stay home alone for 2 hours before her mum gets home. My friend can't afford to pay for a place on the bus or a taxi every day (she is a lone parent, albeit on an okay wage)
Has anyone got any ideas who she can appeal to - the transport dept are just saying tough basically and you'll have to give up work then!
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MrsS01 · 02/09/2011 19:32
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