“Children are vulnerable road users and that’s why everyone needs to slow down and pay attention when school goes back.”
That message from Road Safety and Injury Prevention Officer Melanie Suitor is being reinforced across the Western Plains as thousands of students prepare to return to classrooms in the coming weeks.
While eastern division schools may have already started, it will be a staggered start for public, Catholic and independent schools in the education department’s western division with some returning on Monday 2 February and others not until 9 February…