Mile walk to school OK for older children, say parents

SECONDARY school students are old enough and roadwise enough to walk to and from school, parents have said.

Those spoken to by the Guernsey Press yesterday backed the Environment Department after it announced secondary pupils living within a mile of their school would no longer be guaranteed a seat on school buses.

It made the decision following complaints that some children who lived several miles from school had been unable to catch a bus home because students living much closer were using the service.

The new rule means the last official pick-up point for each morning bus is about a mile from the school.

Any pupil waiting after that will be picked up only if there is room.