School transport 'nightmare'

LATE CANCELLATIONS FOR SOME PUPILS BY COUNCIL

- By ALISON STEPHENSON Local Democracy Reporter

LATE cancellation of school transport for some Plymouth pupils with special educational needs and disabilities as they were due to return to class last week caused disruption to routines and a "logistical nightmare" for parents and guardians, it has been claimed.

One Devonport grandmother and guardian of a 13-year-old boy with autism who attends Tor View School near Tavistock said she got a text at 5pm last Tuesday from Plymouth City Council to say there would be no school transport the next day or the rest of the week, despite being given reassurance on Monday.

The taxi known as service TOR04 was due to transport four other children and a passenger assistant.

Jane Greenwood said the alternative had been to put her grandson in a taxi on his own, at the cost of £60 a day, and wait for a teacher the other end to come and get him.