Dear Parents
The winter season is here and as you have experienced in the past couple of days, the fog level was extremely high. This led to the closing of some major highways – all leading to school.
To get to El Alsson NEWGIZA from Sheikh Zayed, October or Downtown, buses WILL have to take major highways at some point. Our bus control department checks the open roads early morning before buses start their routes, however, once the traffic police decide to close a road, it happens with no prior notice. This can lead to buses being stuck for sometime. We will look into alternative routes, however we will still face congestion of some sort as it is affecting everybody trying to make the same commute.
Please note that we keep your children’s safety our number one priority at all times.
If a bus is stuck and you wish to let your son or daughter off to go back home, only students in G10/Y11 and older can leave the bus if you call the bus control or bus matron to give her the approval. If the student is younger than G10/Y11, they are not allowed to leave the bus except with a guardian and the guardian should be specified by the parent.
Unfortunately, this may be the case for the entire winter but we sure hope weather clears and things go back to normal soon. If we see that this is repeatedly happening, we shall make changes in the schedule to ensure the lessons missed are not always major lessons affecting their learning process.
Thank you for your understanding
Bus Control