Parents angry as school bus service 'withdrawn'

PARENTS of more than 30 second-level students are considering moving their children to a different school because they say their bus service has been withdrawn by the Department of Education.

The students at St Michael's Community College, Kilmihil, Co Clare were told a year ago they were not in the catchment area to avail of the transport scheme serving the school.

But the School Transport Appeals Board said the Department of Education had not given them enough notice to make alternative arrangements or informed parents of the criteria for the boundaries and the service continued for the past school year.