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Bus Information 2010
The College provides a bus service along numerous routes in
the mornings, and early and late afternoons. Full details of
times and routes will be available on Registration Day in
January, or from the school reception offices throughout the
year. The morning routes in particular are very popular and
we cannot guarantee a place on a particular route, so we
encourage parents to register as soon as possible.
Bus cards are issued upon completion of an application form
and indemnity, and must be shown to the driver on each trip.
To simplify administration, pupils are required to register
for the whole year, but can give notice and return their bus
card at the end of each term if they don't wish to use the
bus the following term. The termly charge for the bus will
be billed over three months. Accounts will be debited on 1st
February, March, April (1st term), 1st May, June, July (2nd
term) and 1st Sep, Oct, Nov (3rd term).
Bus fares for 2010 will be as follows:
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Bus Fares 2010 |
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Monthly charge (3 months per term) Registration
is per term only |
One way |
Both ways |
Broadacres shuttle* mornings only |
Broadacres shuttle* both ways |
| 1st
child in family |
R375 |
R605 |
R275 |
R500 |
| 2nd
child in family |
R265 |
R425 |
R200 |
R320 |
| 3rd
child in family |
R185 |
R300 |
R150 |
R250 |
| Book of
10 AFTERNOONS ONLY tickets ** |
R200 |
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| Once off
ticket AFTERNOONS ONLY ** |
R25 |
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Replacement lost bus card |
R35 |
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* The reduced charge for the Broadacres shuttle applies to
Broadacres, Dainfern, Cedar Lakes and Stratford Gardens
only. Any stop further down Cedar Road will be billed at the
normal price.
**Casual tickets cannot be used on morning routes as these
buses run to capacity.
NOTES
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The minimum period for which a pupil can register for the
bus is ONE TERM. .
• Although there is no charge for the
bus card, there will be a R30.00 charge to replace a lost
bus card.
• Casual (once off) tickets will be available
from the College or Prep Reception offices at a cost of
R25.00 per one-way trip.
THE BUS CARD SYSTEM
Each pupil wishing to use the bus must present the driver
with a bus card or once off ticket. This will display
his/her name and photograph. The card must be shown to the
driver on every trip.
LOST PROPERTY
The driver will keep lost property left on the bus to be
collected the next morning. Anything not collected will be
returned to the school’s lost property depot.
GENERAL
1. The bus will always
display the HeronBridge College logo.
2. The drivers
each have a mobile phone, so that we can contact them.
3. The bus will leave promptly each day.
4. If
your child misses the afternoon bus, he/she may go to the
school office to
phone home and make arrangements to be
collected from school.
5. Please ensure you are at
the stop before the scheduled time as the bus drivers
operate on a very tight schedule and cannot wait for you.
The onus will be on you to arrange with your child where
he/she should wait if you are not at the stop in time.
6. The driver and allocated bus monitors are in charge
of the pupils on the bus and they are to listen to their
instructions at all times, especially in the case of a
breakdown.
7. Children are required to remain seated
at all times while the bus is in motion.
8. The times
of the routes are subject to change should it be deemed
necessary.
9. The EARLY afternoon buses will depart
at 13h40 and15h10. The LATE afternoon bus will depart from
the College premises at 16h20 and drive through to the
Sports Complex, departing this pick up point at 16h30.
Please note that there will be no 16h20 bus on a Friday
NOTE: Both the early and the late
afternoon trips (yellow and blue) service the same areas,
but the early trip is shorter to enable the drivers to
return in time for the late trips. The final trips on
Fridays at 15h10 will follow the long route.
Co-curricular activities in both the Preparatory School and
College are vital in our provision of a balanced educational
programme. All pupils are expected to participate according
to their interests and abilities. Pupils will not be excused
from participating because of booking on the 13h40 or 15h10
trip.
The afternoon trips cannot and do not take into
account the time required for official matches, either at
home or away. Alternative arrangements will need to be made
by parents in these circumstances.
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