Hi Maywong,

Few BASCs as below for your ref:

Knowledge Park Education Centre Pte Ltd / Tel: 67900145
Blk 728, Jurong West Ave 5, #B1 - 198
** My nephew is at this BASC - starting Term 3 as not managed to enroll FPS’ student care.

Holistic Student Care and Education Centre / Tel: 67929157
Blk 718, Jurong West St 71, #B1 - 99

YMCA Jurong West Student Care Centre / Tel: 67947759
Blk 666A, Jurong West St 65, #01 - 191

Hello,

I was there for the balloting - for my nephew as my sis-in-law can’t take leave.
Total of remaining 16 vacancies are avail for 65 applicants.
My nephew didn’t managed to get in…indeed a great disappointment as the whole family is looking forward to it since day 1!

Btw, any parents engaging the school bus ? My nephew now have to take school bus starting Term 3 as got to go ‘outside’ student care after school.
We were told by the school bus operator that we must pay the FULL MONTH of JUNE fee as they do not allow pro-rate – not even ok with us proposing on paying half mth bus fee though we are only starting on 25th Jun.

Do understand that we need to pay for Jun & Dec mths for school bus, but, the case here is that we are starting only in Term 3 (25th Jun), why must we pay for the full mth of Jun ?
It’s not that we are engaging the service since Jan or a mth before…
Just because school starts on 25th Jun, we are required to pay for the whole mth of Jun just for a 5-day ride.

In order to find out whether this bus operator’s demand a norm, I’ve called nearby school bus operators x2 schools to check on how they charge for Term 3 new students - they told me that for new students starting in Term 3, they are charging ½ mth only as the students only start taking the bus in the 2nd half of the mth – which I find more reasonable….

Sorry but to say, am truly disgruntled….it is not the matter of paying xtra $20++, but, is a matter of “principle”!

Furthermore, the fee is also on the high side as I’ve compared it with my neighbours’ child’s school bus charges – their child’s school bus fee as below:
LESS THAN 1.5km\t: $45 / 2-way
1.5km – 2.0km\t\t: $50 / 2-way
2.01km – 3.0km\t: $60 / 2-way

but FPS’ school bus is charging $50 to $55 / 2-way - All FPS students are definitely within 1km as the balloting is for <1km only, and yet the charges is higher!

My Q here is that there is only 1 bus operator engaged by the school in which parents are given no other options – does this mean that we must ‘succumb’ to whatever the operator’s requirements/demands ?

Not sure any parents here can advise on how should we deal with this issue @_@!

Hello,

Any parents here engaging FPS school bus service ? Any comments on their service / charges ? Thanks.