OIC school transport goes online

Orkney Islands Council has launched a new Facebook page for parents and pupils looking for the latest information on school transport.

According to the council, the OIC School Transport Facebook page will be the first stop for information on any school closures or transport cancellations caused by the bad weather. It will run alongside the existing OIC Updates Facebook page, which will now carry more general council news and information as the OIC increases its use of social media.

Leslie Manson, the council’s executive director of education, leisure and housing, said: “On a ‘bad weather morning’ the situation can change very rapidly and we need to get accurate information on school closures and transport arrangements out quickly to a lot of people. We’ve been using Facebook over the last couple of years to do this.

“The OIC Updates Facebook page has proved very successful with over 2,000 ‘likes’ recorded, but this year we decided to create a dedicated page for school transport, keeping it separate from more general Council news. Radio Orkney will, of course, continue to provide updates at 7.30am, but we hope that parents and pupils will use this new facility too.”

You can find OIC School Transport via the Facebook search facility or by clicking here.