Providing School Bus Transport to Timaru and Pleasant Point Schools. Aoraki School Transport Network (ASTN) provides school bus transport assistance for students to attend school. ASTN manages 21 buses carrying approximately 900 students daily.
The ASTN Committee is made up of representatives from member schools. We meet once a term to discuss ASTN Governance issues. The fund holder school is Roncalli College.
Kerri Sharp
Mobile: 0276147073
Email: kerri.graham@farmside.co.nz
Website: https://sites.google.com/roncalli.school.nz/astn/home/contact
Ministry of Education website: School Transport Section: www.minedu.govt.nz/NZEducation/EducationPolicies/Schools/SchoolOperations/SchoolTransport.aspx
Ministry of Eduction: visit the website for contact information
Metro Timetables: https://timaru.metroinfo.co.nz/timetables/
This form is to be completed by the caregivers of students using school buses or claiming school transport allowances. If the student travels the full distance from home to school by private vehicle, or travels more than 2.4 km to the school bus stop, he/she may be eligible for a conveyance allowance.
Students may be eligible for school transport if:
they are under 10 years old and live more than 3.2km from the nearest school; or
they are 10 years old and over and live more than 4.8 km from the nearest school; and
they do not have access to public passenger service transport.
Download the: Application Transport Assistance.pdf
Once you have completed this form please hand and/or email to the Principal or Bus Controller of the school the student attends