Same school, same postcode, but no bus pass for Lurgan pupils on same street

Same school, same postcode, but no bus pass for Lurgan pupils on same street

Calls are being made for the Education Authority to address a transport anomaly for pupils in Lurgan. Some families in the Silverwood Leaves area of the town are entitled to a bus pass while neighbours on the same street are not. Sinn Féin councillor Catherine Nelson explained: “In Silverwood Leaves, there is a situation where some pupils qualify for a bus pass based on the 3-mile proximity to school rule while their next-door neighbours do not.…