Shrewsbury Priory School pupils return from New York
Pupils from Shrewsbury’s Priory School stranded in New York following Superstorm Sandy are due to return to Shrewsbury this morning.
The group of 23 Year 11 pupils and three staff members became stranded in New York when their scheduled flight home last Tuesday was cancelled.
The group flew out of America from the JFK airport at 7.30pm New York time and were due to land at Heathrow airport just before 6am this morning.
Parents have been told to expect the group to return to Shrewsbury between 10 – 11am.
The group had originally been booked on Flights for 8 November, the earliest date previously available.
Pupils and staff from Lakelands School in Ellesmere and Idsall School in Shifnal remain in New York whilst return flights are organised for next week.
