Important Information This Week
NO SCHOOL BUS ON FRIDAY
The local school bus services will not operate this Friday 14th August as this is a student free day for Drouin Secondary. Therefore NO school buses will operate in the Drouin network on this day & interchanges will not be supervised. If your child is on-site remote learning at school and normally catches the bus, alternative arrangements will need to be made to/from school this Friday.
CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE
The Conveyance Allowance application is now open for term 3 & 4 for any families that have not already completed an application for this year and they qualify for the allowance as per the criteria below.
You may apply to claim this Government Allowance if:
- You live more than 4.8 kilometres by the shortest practical route from our school and we are the closest Catholic school to your place of residence.
- You live more than 4.8 kilometres from our school and you cannot access a bus.
- You access a bus and live more than 4.8 kilometres from the bus stop.
You must lodge a new application each year. If you have already completed an application for 2020 you do not need to apply again for this year unless your details have changed.
Eligibility is assessed when the School completes your child’s application on the Government Student Conveyance Allowance System (SCAS). If approved, the allowance payable is based on the one way distance to make the journey to and from school. No private car allowance is payable if the journey to and from school could be made using a public transport service or contract school bus. For further information regarding the Conveyance Allowance Program see: www.education.vic.gov.au/travellingtoschool
Please click here to download the Conveyance Allowance Application Form , please complete and return to the school office by Friday 21st August 2020. Late claims cannot be accepted.
CAREMONKEY has changed names to OPEROO
This is a quick note to inform you that St Ita's digital forms and school operations platform provider, CareMonkey, has rebranded as ‘Operoo’: School processes, without the paperwork.
The name change occurred this week. How you use the service, as well as the ownership and operation of the company, will remain unchanged. You can continue using the system, and its mobile application, as usual. Just be aware that emails and notifications sent from the system will start appearing under the new name ‘Operoo’. You will also be automatically diverted to the new Operoo website if you go to the old CareMonkey website however please amend and save the Operoo link to your favourites.