| In north-east Fife pupils were given a day off from their studies as eight primary schools were closed, while in west-Fife, three high schools were shut.
Meanwhile, Fife Council has run into criticism over an alleged lack of co-ordination which led to many other youngsters having a fruitless wait for school buses. Dozens of children were unable to make their journeys to schools such as Bell Baxter, Waid Academy, and Madras College.
The concerns were raised by the Labour party’s spokesman in the North East Fife, Colin Davidson, who said Stagecoach had been unable to contact anyone from the council’s education service to let them know that many school buses would not be running.
Mr Davidson said, “If contact had been established between the bus company and the council something could have been done.”
Today operations director for Stagecoach, Doug Fleming, said, “With the Tay Bridge, The Forth Bridge, and the Friarton Bridge all closed we decided that outwith towns we could not run double decker buses, and it was obvious school routes would be affected.
“We received help from BEAR and from Fife Council emergency service when we were asking about road conditions, but we could not reach anyone in education. “We have now asked the council for the names of dedicated personnel who can be contacted in such a situation, but we have not yet received a response.”
Fife Council were asked to comment, but had not done so at the time of going to press. |
