Three Colac district families are hoping common sense will prevail after the Department of Education told them they could no longer receive free school bus travel.
School bus decision shocks rural families
Mothers Anna Fay and Liza Alexander, holding her daughter Claire, and their children, from left, Rose Alexander, Jack, Sophie and Ruby Fay and Sam Alexander are unhappy with a State Government decision to make families at Cressy and Weering pay for school bus travel to St Mary’s Catholic Primary School.
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In regards to the front page article “School bus decision shocks rural families”…. I think it is necessary to give a broader picture to this story. I too live in Weering but have chosen to sent my children to the local state primary school, Beeac Primary School. The school bus picks up and delivers my children from our farm gate, without any cost. This school is by far the closest school for all your families mentioned in this article. I do believe in families being able to chose the school that they think will best suit their children’s need. I also believe families should be able to chose to send their children to a religious-bases school without paying for a school bus. However, rural schools (both state and catholic) need local families to support them, otherwise these small schools will close and the “choice” that we all proclaim to want will be lost as our small rural schools close their doors.