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LinkPizza posted...

Unless the school told them to keep driving. Which is a very real possibility. Because they may not have another solution (driver or school). Not to mention, maybe a bus stop for one of the fighting kids is the next one. Which would also be a very possible solution to the problem.

The school cares. Especially private one. But public ones, as well. As the parents are kind of like the customers. And who says it's the right thing? Again, just because you think you're doing the right thing doesn't always mean you are. Driving for a few more minutes to get one of them off the bus could be a better solution than just stopping and letting the fight continue while you wait for someone to come out depending on how long that will take. We don't know everything that was going on. Only what we're told and can see on the video. The bus driver may have thought of what would be the best solution...

You can kick them off the bus for a while. Though, when that happened at my school, a kid got shot. Now, someone most likely would have been shot either way. It just turns out this kid did after being kicked off the bus and having to get his grandma or aunt or someone to take him to school early... But keeping kids on the opposite end of the bus might not work. As they could probably still move at some point. And it also depends on the kid. Maybe it's a kid that beats up everyone. Or a kid that's picked on by everyone.

It's different, though. Between things like city or rural areas. Or even between different cities. Buses in DC are way more dangerous than any buses I've ridden for any schools I've been to. You can't say that you have to act the same in every situation...

Probably true about city buses vs country but this wasn't any bigger than the school I taught in and had the same make up of being an unincorporated area, consolidated school.

Just read back over the policy from the school I taught and I remembered something that used to freak the kids out. The school can punish the student for something both to and from school the same as if they were on school grounds. I don't know how you could prove if the kid did not make it home before they did something wrong but this not only applied to bus riders but walkers too. I reread the policy and besides the bus rules it said the school can also kick you off the bus for misbehavior and you have to find your way to and from school.

This was the policy at our school and the surrounding schools so I am guessing it is pretty standard statewide for our public schools with some variances.

The kids are being charged. The boy should be removed from the bus. I know many will say I am for punishing the victim but I am more thinking about getting him away from them. The school may have to figure out another way to get him to school. I dunno.

This being on the national news is an embarrassment to the school. Schools don't like that kind of thing.

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