20 Feb 2012
School will be changing to the following times:
8.50am – Start of school
2.50pm – End of the school day
This will create many advantages for our students, most notably, the end of bus lines at the end of the day where our students have to wait on occasion up to 40 minutes for their bus to arrive.
There have also been safety concerns, from both parents and staff, with our students boarding buses which at times appear to be overcrowded.
The other issue is the late start. Both parents and staff have overwhelmingly indicated to me that they would prefer an earlier start coupled with an early finish.
The P & C were also very supportive of this concept and agreed it would benefit the majority of families in our school area.
Picton buses have also been very supportive with these changes and have indicated that new timetables will be distributed shortly. The date the 12th March, when the new school times will commence, was jointly discussed with Picton buses and our school.
We understand there will be initial teething problems, however, the benefits overall for our school far outweigh any disadvantages.
Our students will share brand new buses and as we are one of the first schools to be picked up, all of our students will be able to access a seat.
Picton bus lines are changing their general running times and this information will be available shortly.
Thank you for your understanding and support with this important decision however, like all decisions made at Tahmoor Public School, the welfare of our students will always come first.