North Ayrshire Council have dropped plans to bus Cumbrae pupils from Largs ferry slip to the new campus when it opens in March, sparking outrage.
SNP councillor Alan Hill is dismayed at the decision, and has called for an emergency summit on Thursday at 5pm at the Garrison involving parents and grandparents of pupils affected.
Cllr Hill fumed: “This policy was very much welcomed on the island and has been reversed by Labour only months after it formed part of a full public consultation exercise. Parents from Cumbrae may well have reacted differently to the proposal for the new Largs Academy had they known that Labour was planning on reversing this commitment."
At last Tuesday's Cabinet meeting, Labour Cllr Alex Gallagher: "I feel very disappointed and let down by this decision
"It's called 'the reinstatement of the bus service', but it's actually the exact opposite. The bus is being removed altogether."

However, the North Ayrshire Labour group pushed through the decision.

A petition has been launched against the decision. See here

Full story in this week's Largs and Millport News.