03 May 2019
Hunter Valley Buses have forwarded correspondence to our school addressing concerns regarding the current use of School Student Transport Scheme (SSTS) School Opal Cards.
The SSTS provides eligible school students with free or subsidised travel only between the student's home and school for school attendance on school days on any Opal bus service boarded in the course of their journey. When using a School Opal Card, it is a condition of use that students must tap-on at the beginning of a trip and tap-off at the end of a trip at an Opal Card Reader.
Opal data gathered by tap-on and tap-off is used to determine the level of service provided to our school. If students don't tap-on and tap-off, lack of perceived patronage could lead to a service appearing to be under utilised, prompting a review of the level of service provided to that school.
Therefore, we would like to remind all students that they must tap-on and tap-off for each trip with their school opal card when travelling.