STATUS: Atime-limited trial begins under a dated card visible to the crew. The current arrangement remains in place at the coach board at Ash Yard School.

RECORD: route cards, bell times and family transfer notes. The count is 69 children reaching school on a route marked open; the prior window recorded 73.

DISPUTE: The route office posts the planned closure. Families say the change also affects the return coach.

OUTCOME: The hearing is still open and no permanent rule has changed.

NEXT: The Year first, smelt run window 2 file remains open for its scheduled decision. The school will publish an outbound and return route for every repair day.