'I went to Holy Cross when it was bad and parents don't want their kids to be going through something like that again.'
Parents have voiced concerns over the safety of their children in getting to Mercy College in North Belfast after free transport options were cancelled.It means pupils either need to walk to and from school, get private transport or get lifts with their parents.The college in Ballysillan is mostly attended by Catholic children, with the school catering for around 800 pupils.
"There's parents being abused outside the school for parking their cars to pick up their children, being told our kids can't walk the roads. "When you're sending your kids to school, you're thinking it's a safe place, but now we're all sitting in limbo wondering what's going to happen," she said.Leanne said that private transport isn't an option for most families and even for those who can afford it, it's hard to come by.
"The main point of the free transport was because of the location of the school and keeping the kids safe, especially with what happened with Holy Cross. "The school is built and based in a predominantly PUL [Protestant, Unionist, Loyalist] community, the school's over 50 years old," she told Belfast Live.
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