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School is back, now that your children are settled into school some parents may not be aware that they might be eligible for something FREE! – Bus travel.
Manilla has five local bus routes –
Maurice Stephenson has the Rangari Road bus route picking up and dropping off children from West Manilla out as far as the exchange on the Rangari Road then along Pillerine Lane back along the Corella Road to Manilla.
Julie and Joel Duff have the Upper Manilla bus route, picking up and Rock Dam turn off, meeting up with the Barraba School Bus and back to Manilla.
Sharon and Greg Howlett have the remaining three runs. Sharon mainly drives the Halls Creek run picking up and dropping off children from Glenwyck propert and traveling as far as Settlers Road, back along Halls Creek Road, picking up town kids as well.
Son, Daniel usually drives the Rushes Creek bus picking up and dropping off children along the Rushes Creek Road, traveling as far as Bidford access road and onto Sherwood Road back to Manilla. Daniel also
goes up Tamworth Road to Somerton turnoff, back to Manilla.
Dave Howlett usually drives the Namoi River bus picking up and dropping off children along the Namoi River Road traveling as far as Windfall property.
As with most services it’s a case of use it or lose it. It’s a good idea if you do have a child that is eligible for one of these runs, to register them even if they are not a regular user they can be still
registered. Subsides are also available from home to bus stop if some distance is involved.
You can register your child by contacting any of the people mentioned –
Maurice 0457 045 461, Julie 0498 511 088 , Sharon 0409 673 983 or go online
Students from Kindergarten-Year 2 are eligible if:
• They are a resident of NSW, or an overseas student eligible for
free government education
• aged 4 years 6 months, or older. No minimum distance criteria applies to these students. Note: Pre-school children are not eligible for subsidised travel between home and school under the SSTS Primary school students from years 3-6 are eligible if:
• They are a resident of NSW, or an overseas student eligible for free government education
• The straight line distance from their home address to school is 1.6 km or further.
• The walking distance from home to school is 2.3 km or further.
Enquire with the bus operators about Primary school students who live too close to the school to be eligible for free travel may purchase a Term Pass which provides bus travel at a discounted price.
Secondary school students from years 7-12 are eligible if:
• They are a resident of NSW or an overseas student who is eligible for free government education
• the straight line distance from their home address to school is 2 kilometres, or further, or
• the walking distance from home to school is 2.9 kilometres or further.
Enquire with the bus operators about Secondary school students who live too close to the school to be eligible for free travel may purchase a Term Pass which provides bus travel at a discounted price.