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	Podcast:		Checkpoint
	Episode:		Principal concerned plan to axe buses will put students in danger
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:06:22
	Publish Date:		2025-09-25 04:50:00
	Description:		A Queenstown principal believes plans to axe 10 dedicated school buses' will have severe negative impacts on student attendance and could put children in danger travelling to and from school. The Minstry of Education is reviewing 17 routes which ferry almost 700 students to and from school. It says its found only 271 are eligible for Ministry-funded buses. Queenstown Primary says the public buses are already full and simply dont have room for the students if they're forced to switch. Queenstown Primary principal Fiona Cavanagh spoke to Lisa Owen.
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