Legal warning school trip changed
An education authority which cancelled a school trip because it would not have catered for a disabled child has announced plans for an alternative.
Highland Council abandoned a trip to Mbt
Craggan in the Cairngorms for about 70 children at Crown Primary in Inverness in an effort to avoid legal action.
A pupil’s mother said her daughter, who mbt sale uses a wheelchair, would be unable to take part in the activities.
A trip is now planned which is fully compliant with disability legislation.
Highland Council’s education chiefs had said the trip to Craggan was in danger of breaching the Disability Discrimination Act by MBT Shoes failing to consider the needs of a severely disabled child.
In a letter to parents, the Inverness school has now confirmed that the trip will take place in May at the council-owned Badaguish Outdoor Centre near Aviemore.
Meanwhile, the mother of the child at the centre of the dispute said she was still to be informed of the decision by Education Director Mbt shoes Hugh Fraser.
