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December 11, 2011

Save the Ferncumbe Primary School Bus Escorts

Save the Ferncumbe Primary School Bus Escorts

🏆 Won — 136 supporters Verified

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Started by Anonymous 14 years, 10 months ago
This petition has been created to support the continuation of Passenger Escorts on the Ferncumbe Primary School Bus. Ferncumbe School is in Hatton, Warwick and and children aged between 4 and 11 from 60 families, travel on two buses each day to and from school. Warwickshire County Council have decided that Escorts are not deemed necessary and will be removing them from October 2011 half-term. Parents have serious safety concerns about allowing such young children to travel unsupervised. The route to school is dangerous with nowhere to safely stop in an emergency. The school is situated on a winding lane with very limited parking. Parking problems are only alleviated now by the provision of the buses. This is our last chance to try to influence Warwickshire Council to continue to provide supervision. Please support this petition. Thank you.

Updates

September 25, 2011

I am currently compiling our safety concerns into a formal report to submit directly to the Warwickshire County Council leadership. Please call your local councillor this morning to demand they keep the bus escorts on the route. We need to keep pressure on the council until they agree to meet with our parent group.

September 25, 2011

We reached a major turning point in our fight to keep bus escorts on the road. Now is the time to leverage this momentum by emailing your local county council representative directly to demand a meeting. Tell them clearly that our children's safety on these dangerous routes is not up for negotiation.

Reached 100 supporters

September 25, 2011

6 Comments

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Tom Norton
14 years ago Featured

Keep the escorts. The council needs to put the kids first for once.

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Sarah Perry
14 years ago Featured

My son is only 5 and there is no way I feel safe with him on that bus without an adult there to watch them. The road is way too narrow for cars as it is.

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Claire Jordan
14 years ago Featured

DO NOT remove them. If these buses stop running the parking at school will become pure chaos. Bad idea all around.

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David Jensen
14 years ago Featured

Leaving 4 year olds unsupervised on a bus is just asking for trouble. Get it sorted

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Mark Richards
14 years ago Featured

These are small children!! Cutting costs on safety is just shameful. Who is going to help if someone chokes or gets scared?

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Jenny Jackson
14 years ago Featured

Ridiculous decision. Have they even been on this route? Its a nightmare for drivers let alone a bus full of kids.

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