UPDATED bushfire information: Road and school closures and HSC advice The following roads also remain closed due to bushfires: • Bells Line of Road between the Great Western Highway at Lithgow and Bilpin township • Darling Causeway between Bell and Mount Victoria Buses are continuing to replace trains between Mount Victoria, Lithgow and Bathurst due to the bushfires and damage to rail infrastructure. Regular bus services in the Blue Mountains are also affected. For the latest traffic information, visit livetraffic or call 132 701. For the latest public transport information, visit transportnsw.info or call 131500. Due to bush fire activity burning in areas across NSW, some schools will remain closed on Friday 25 October 2013. Region: Blue Mountains • Ellison Public School, Ellison • Springwood High School, Springwood • St Columbas High School, Springwood - St Columbas HSC students will continue to sit their exams at McCarthy Catholic College. • St Thomas Aquinas Primary School, Springwood Region: Hawkesbury • Bilpin Public School, Bilpin • Hawkesbury Independent School, Kurrajong Further updates will be posted as they become available. The Board of Studies NSW will endeavour to provide the latest news on school closures where HSC examinations may be affected. Students in bushfire affected areas should contact their school principal before 9am in relation to morning exams, and after 11am for afternoon exams for advice on how to proceed. In some cases, schools may have already put arrangements into place for students to undertake exams at other locations. Students unable to attend their own school may go to any other high school to sit an exam, if it is safe to do so. Presiding officers are prepared to accommodate students from other schools where this occurs. Students who are unable to attend an examination due to a natural disaster are eligible to lodge an Illness/Misadventure appeal with the Board of Studies NSW. Safety is paramount and students should not attempt to reach an exam centre if it is unsafe to do so. Public transport may also be affected by bushfires. Arrangements can be made for students arriving late due to public transport delays to have the full examination time..
Posted on: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 07:15:52 +0000
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