{"id":5171,"date":"2025-12-17T08:36:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T21:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/olmcburraneer\/?post_type=article&#038;p=5171"},"modified":"2025-12-17T08:36:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T21:36:07","slug":"leader-of-operations-luke-reynolds","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/olmcburraneer\/article\/leader-of-operations-luke-reynolds\/","title":{"rendered":"Leader of Operations &#8211; Luke Reynolds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear Parents and Carers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Transport and our bus operators provide a range of school bus services for student travel during the school term. These services operate in alignment with the gazetted term dates set by the Department of Education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For next year, the Department of Education has gazetted\u00a0<strong>26 January 2026<\/strong>, to start Term 1. Noting that this date is a public holiday,\u00a0<strong>school bus services will resume as normal on Tuesday, 27 January 2026.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These arrangements also apply to trips and deviations on regular bus routes which are only timetabled to operate during school term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We encourage you to&nbsp;<strong>please remind your school community to plan ahead&nbsp;<\/strong>on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/transportnsw.info\/trip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trip Planner&nbsp;<\/a>&nbsp;before travelling.&nbsp; Further information is available at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.transport.nsw.gov.au\/projects\/current-projects\/school-bus-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">School Bus Services<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From mid-January 2026<\/strong>, you can use&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/transportnsw.info\/trip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trip Planner&nbsp;<\/a>to plan trips that include school services.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To ensure school services appear as a travel option for students, click \u2018refine\u2019 and select the \u2018school bus\u2019 option. Students are reminded to tap on and off on all trips.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Getting to and from school can also be an adventure. It&#8217;s a chance to leave the car at home and enjoy a relaxing walk, with time to talk or go on a fun bike ride and burn up some energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Walking or riding together also helps parents and carers talk about road safety, reduce traffic congestion and is a greener choice for you, your family and the community.&nbsp; For more information, please visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsw.gov.au\/driving-boating-and-transport\/get-kids-active\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Get Kids Active | NSW Government<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/u\/0?ui=2&amp;ik=72aa106e08&amp;attid=0.0.1&amp;permmsgid=msg-f:1850254955021002066&amp;th=19ad6d1419eee552&amp;view=fimg&amp;fur=ip&amp;permmsgid=msg-f:1850254955021002066&amp;sz=s0-l75-ft&amp;attbid=ANGjdJ9VFOn4oT1lTQKrwxGYHxK3TMYrfK2rifUo0vUYVqytMplUXiwh-LJRo9QOgZGa8dChow3mGftff5vQS8etWf_Mo5y720nIuS4EoTSpCmhWHG3YS9aQlDguFNk&amp;disp=emb&amp;realattid=ii_19ad6d1c6de4ce8e91&amp;zw\" alt=\"TforNSW-NSWGovt_2COL_CMYK_nospace\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2024\/07\/2021-Safe-School-Travel-Poster-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" data-id=\"1126\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2024\/07\/2021-Safe-School-Travel-Poster-1-1024x724.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2024\/07\/2021-Safe-School-Travel-Poster-1-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2024\/07\/2021-Safe-School-Travel-Poster-1-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2024\/07\/2021-Safe-School-Travel-Poster-1-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2024\/07\/2021-Safe-School-Travel-Poster-1-1536x1086.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2024\/07\/2021-Safe-School-Travel-Poster-1-212x150.jpg 212w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2024\/07\/2021-Safe-School-Travel-Poster-1.jpg 1890w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luke Reynolds, Leader of Operations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Parents and Carers, Transport and our bus operators provide a range of school bus services for student travel during the school term. These services operate in alignment with the gazetted term dates set by the Department of Education. For next year, the Department of Education has gazetted\u00a026 January 2026, to start Term 1. 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