00:01Parents say this driveway at Rouse Hill Public School clearly remains a hazard.
00:07That near miss happened just a day after Isla Metcalfe was struck by a car there and later died.
00:14One father has felt compelled to man the gate himself.
00:19That's just something that needs to be done. That's it. And they didn't do it for two days.
00:25I demanded a plan of action and I have yet to see or receive anything from this school in terms of what we're going to be doing differently.
00:36Miss Garcia Todd says she tried to raise these concerns with the principal and other staff after the incident, but says she was dismissed.
00:45I get scoffed at. I get exasperated looks like I'm the one who's being outrageous for demanding a plan of action
00:54for demanding that something change for wanting transparency.
01:02The principal came out to man the gate shortly after our cameras arrived.
01:07I've given you my answer. Thank you. Refer your inquiries to the media unit.
01:11Which we're going to do.
01:12The education department says the school has been proactively working with the local council for a number of years
01:18to minimize traffic hazards around the school. Shane Stanley's daughter was Isla's classmate.
01:25Like the Todd's, he feels they've been left in the dark.
01:28There have been a couple of emails that have come out to the parents of students that attend school here.
01:34Not detailed. There was no nuance. There was no here's what happened and here's what we're going to do about it.
01:40More than $80,000 have been raised so far to help Ilsa's single mother with her funeral arrangements.
01:47END
Comments