Kaipara College student barred from school bus, told to catch ACC-funded taxi Thu, 11 Mar 2021, 6:18PM
Ethan Hepper (right), pictured with fellow student Kael McFarlane, has been told to get an ACC-funded taxi because he doesn t qualify for the school bus on their rural road. Photo / Sylvie Whinray
Kaipara College student barred from school bus, told to catch ACC-funded taxi Thu, 11 Mar 2021, 6:18PM
A boy who has been barred from a school bus by a 117-year-old distance rule has been told to apply for an ACC-funded taxi instead.
The decision will cost ACC at least $2300 a year if it agrees to fund a taxi, even though the boy s parents say there are empty seats on the school bus that goes past their gate on Inland Rd, 3.8km from his school at Kaipara College in Helensville.
Bureaucratic lunacy - Kaipara College student barred from school bus, told to catch ACC-funded taxi instead
11 Mar, 2021 02:10 AM
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Ethan Hepper (right), pictured with fellow student Kael McFarlane, has been told to get an ACC-funded taxi because he doesn t qualify for the school bus on their rural road. Photo / Sylvie Whinray
A boy who has been barred from a school bus by a 117-year-old distance rule has been told to apply for an ACC-funded taxi instead.
The decision will cost ACC at least $2300 a year if it agrees to fund a taxi, even though the boy s parents say there are empty seats on the school bus that goes past their gate on Inland Rd, 3.8km from his school at Kaipara College in Helensville.