Current Events > 4 year old girl has bus pass revoked due to error.

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A MUM has been left frustrated after a bus pass issued for her four-year-old daughter was revoked by the council because of a mistake.

Lyndsey Webb is now facing having to pay 600 for her daughter, Callie, to travel by bus to school with her sister or drive them both to school herself.

The 35-year-old mum of two from South Warnborough, near Odiham, already has a seven-year-old daughter, Lily, who attends Long Sutton CofE Primary School and who is eligible for free bus travel to school.

The family live more than two miles from their catchment school, and there is no safe walking route, meaning they are eligible to use the school bus supplied by Hampshire County Council.

Lyndsey, who works at The Hatch pub, applied for her four-year-old daughter to use the bus when she started in Year R in September, believing she would meet the same criteria as her elder sister.

A bus pass was issued by the county council.

However, when her youngest daughter came to use the bus pass, she was told it had been given in error and she wasnt in fact eligible for free bus travel.

Instead, Lyndsey has been told she needs to pay 600 for a bus pass for the year, until her daughter becomes eligible in the term after her fifth birthday, which is not until September 2023.

Lyndsey said parents were up in arms about the situation with others at the school also affected.

Whats the difference between a four-year-old and seven-year-old? she questioned, adding: Hampshire County Council has issued these bus passes for a reason and now they have been revoked.

The mum is now having to drive both children to school, driving past the bus stop on the way and following the bus to school.

Its absolutely ridiculous, said Lyndsey, adding: Now my eldest will have to be driven to school alongside her sister, so her independence has been taken away.

You would think that with the way things are in the world at the moment with living costs Im now driving two children to school and there is no parking.

Lyndsey said it would be more environmentally friendly for her daughters to use the bus, and safer, because it parks right outside the main entrance.

A spokesperson for Hampshire County Council said home to school transport is only available for eligible children from the school term after they turn five-years-old.

However, Lyndsey believes this policy should be changed and said: My daughter is old enough to go into full-time education so why cant she travel on the school bus?

If her daughter were to travel on a public bus in Hampshire it would be free up until the age of five.

The county council apologised for issuing the bus passes in error to a small number of families which it blamed on an administrative error.

The spokesperson said: We apologise for any confusion, inconvenience, and upset this has caused.

Families can choose to pay for seats, if they are available, on our contracted home to school transport vehicles until their free transport assistance comes into effect. However, those already eligible take priority.

This option is charged for by the term and the cost is based on the distance being travelled.

Asked why transport is not free for school age children in Year R, who would otherwise meet the eligibility criteria, HCC said: The county councils school transport policy reflects the requirements of the Education Act 1996, the Education and Inspections Act 2006, and complies with the Department for Educations statutory guidance issued in July 2014.

Full Article: https://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/22313990.council-issued-bus-passes-long-sutton-pupils-error
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"It's not safe for a 7 year old to travel..... 4 year old? oh that's fine, she has to walk"

u wut

Do they not have school buses?

I knew that guy from Link's Adventure was up to no good.

Baha05 posted...

Do they not have school buses?

No, just normal busses that go past schools

when I had to go to Hitchen I had to go on a bus full of kids

What a fucking joke.

They're 4.

Unless the kid is causing the bus to go out of its way by carrying the kid, then it literally costs nothing but like half a minute to stop and let the kid off.

And the fact there's free rides for age 5+ just adds to the insanity.

This is a travesty

Bus error not in your favor, walk to school

Were_Wyrm posted...

Bus error not in your favor, walk to school

Sounds like a shitty Chance card

Baha05 posted...

Sounds like a shitty Chance card

"Do not roll dice until you get to Boardwalk, may only move one tile at a time until then"

IShall_Run_Amok posted...

I knew that guy from Link's Adventure was up to no good.

wat

DoDontTry posted...

wat

"I am Error"

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I didn't know about the bug guy

That's kind of cute

wackyteen posted...

And the fact there's free rides for age 5+ just adds to the insanity.

yes

When I was her age, I walked 50 miles in the snow to get to school.

Free 'elfcare but not free busses?

Kinda sad innit?

@Error1355 explain yourself

UnfairRepresent posted...

If her daughter were to travel on a public bus in Hampshire it would be free up until the age of five.

When I lived in the UK, the school bus counted technically as a public bus, so anyone could use it

The pedant in me wants to point out that the pass wasn't revoked due to an error, it was is issued in error.

Serious_Cat posted...

The pedant in me wants to point out that the pass wasn't revoked due to an error, it was is issued in error.

Well the pendant in me wants to point out that I said it was revoked DUE TO error, not revoked IN error