okwithmydecay@leminal.space to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 26 days agoFuel is so expensive I can't afford the school run — what can I do?metro.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down16
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkFuel is so expensive I can't afford the school run — what can I do?metro.co.ukokwithmydecay@leminal.space to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 26 days agomessage-square24linkfedilink
minus-squareHM King Charles III DG FD@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·26 days agoDon’t schoolkids get free bus passes?
minus-squareAnyOldName3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·26 days agoPrimary schools tend not to be fed by busses, and lots of children need to go to primary school rather than high school.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·26 days agoWow. I took a bus to school in the first grade, so this is weird for me. How do they address the issue where it’s too far for Timmy to walk by himself? Anything 2 km or higher may not be good for the younger kids.
minus-squareGwentLarry@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·26 days agoMostly no, there’s a distance requirement. Above, they get free bus travel, below not.
Don’t schoolkids get free bus passes?
Primary schools tend not to be fed by busses, and lots of children need to go to primary school rather than high school.
Wow. I took a bus to school in the first grade, so this is weird for me.
How do they address the issue where it’s too far for Timmy to walk by himself? Anything 2 km or higher may not be good for the younger kids.
Mostly no, there’s a distance requirement. Above, they get free bus travel, below not.