Dear Editor
We as parents have been running a campaign for the future generation and current minors attending both Welsh and English secondary schools. Home to school transport has been decided to not continue in RCT for some living under the 3 mile threshold. Welsh speaking schools will now suffer from this decision, who will now have no other option than to attend the closest school to their home.
Not only this the safety around RCT has decreased with young girls and women as young as 11 years old has been tried to be snatched by men. What has it got to take to get the attention before a child has gone missing, these are vunarable students starting their future.
With no reliable transport, or nowhere to store wet clothes when arriving to school. The only option some parents have said they will not send their child to school, they would rather have a child safe at home rather them being at risk.
There has been incidents with toppled cars, vehicles mounting pavements while public members are walking towards them, parked cars on the full width of pavement, making no other way than to walk on the busy road. with a report of an increased number of drivers caught speeding in 20mph zones.
please find attached our report with statements from parents and grandparents, and our findings from our research. Youre more than welcome to use statements from the report, but please erase the name of parents. All students who will NO longer receive transport will have a letter delivered from friday april 11th. The new approved ‘safe’ routes will be issued on the RCT website by MIDDAY.
regards
Tina, Laura and Kaleigh
Parents of RCT
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Home to School Transport Update. In March 2024 RCT Labour Cabinet agreed to reduce the eligibility for school transport for secondary schools by increasing the walking distance from 2 miles to 3 miles. Today we received an update on the implementation of this change.
* Safe walking routes have been assessed independently and will be available on RCT Website from midday tomorrow April 11th.
* School Bus routes will also be on the website along with a Frequently Asked Questions section
* Letters will be sent out to parents, from tomorrow, informing them that their children will no longer be eligible for transport
* An extra 2,300 children across RCT will have to make their own way to school
* There will be 50 less buses contracted to the service and reduced or no opportunity to purchase surplus seats
* There will be no right of appeal to the decision
* Local councillors have not been consulted or involved in the deemed safe walking routes
* There has been no discussion with schools about the possible impact of extra cars parking at schools
As your councillors we objected to these changes at every opportunity and remain concerned about the impact of this change.
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