{"id":23122,"date":"2026-01-27T16:33:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T15:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oudersenonderwijs.nl\/niet-gecategoriseerd\/petition-students-transport-offered-our-children-are-not-parcels\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T15:43:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T13:43:05","slug":"petition-students-transport-offered-our-children-are-not-parcels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oudersenonderwijs.nl\/en\/news\/petition-students-transport-offered-our-children-are-not-parcels\/","title":{"rendered":"Petition students transport offered: our children are not parcels"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Petition student transport offered","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":20316,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[308,328],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-municipality-and-education","category-news"],"acf":{"samenvatting":"Petition student transport offered","banner_afbeelding":false,"banner_subtitel":"","inhoud":[{"acf_fc_layout":"inhoud_blok","afbeelding_of_video":"geen","afbeelding":false,"video":null,"intro":"In the House of Representatives, the petition 'Our Children Are Not Packages' was offered on January 27. With more than 6,000 signatures, parents, education professionals, and others ask for attention for the structural problems in student transport.","inhoud":"

National flash measurements by the research agency Oberon (2024, 2025) show that a large part of the students in special education often arrives late at school, has a long journey, or starts the school day overstimulated. These effects are often invisible but affect learning performance, classroom calm, and children’s well-being.<\/p>\n

\u201cGood education also means that a child comes to school on time and without stress,<\/em>\u201d says Lisa Westerveld (GL\/PvdA).<\/p>\n

Daily impact made visible<\/h3>\n

To make these hidden effects clear, today the Impact Monitor Student Transport is presented to Members of Parliament. This online monitor shows, based on calculated averages from public research, what failing student transport means since the school year started. It shows in the number of missed lessons, extra travel time, and disruption of education.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"quote","quote_tekst":"The voice of the students must be heard in the House of Representatives"},{"acf_fc_layout":"extra_inhoud_blok","inhoud":"

\u2018Our Children Are Not Packages\u2019<\/h3>\n

During the presentation, a metaphor was used: \u2018packages with shipping labels.\u2019 This makes clear how children in the system are sometimes treated like packages in a logistic system that must be handled as efficiently as possible. While these are vulnerable students with specific needs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe voice of the students must be heard in the House of Representatives<\/em>,\u201d says Sandra Beckerman (SP)<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"knop","knop":{"title":"Student transport","url":"https:\/\/oudersenonderwijs.nl\/en\/student-transport\/","target":""},"kleur":"primary"},{"acf_fc_layout":"extra_inhoud_blok","inhoud":"

Call to politics<\/h3>\n

The petition initiators call on Members of Parliament and the cabinet to:<\/p>\n