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South Lanarkshire parents fighting to have a school bus reinstated say they have "serious concerns" over how their children's walking route was assessed by council officials. ‌

The Sandford Safety Campaign recently had their 1000-strong petition calling for free transport or road safety improvements for Sandford pupils travelling to Strathaven Academy rejected by South Lanarkshire Council. ‌

The local authority's Executive Committee last year approved a change to the two-mile qualifying distance for mainstream secondary school transport from August 2025. ‌

Pupils will now only be entitled to transport where they live more than three miles away from school - a move branded "unsafe, unfair and short-sighted" by parents.

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