Yesterday, the Daily News started a series of articles, School Bus Disgrace, detailing the horrors students face with bus drivers and monitors. For instance, here's a list of some substantiated complaints of "rude, nasty and careless behavior by school bus drivers and monitors":
- Driver offers elementary schoolkids cigarettes;There was also a story about a child's arm being broken. The Daily News got information about complaints, criminal histories of drivers and monitors, and pending lawsuits against the Department of Education only after filing a Freedom of Information act request.
- Monitor sits on elementary schoolkids when they misbehave;
- Driver urinates on the sidewalk in front of a bus full of children;
- Driver calls one student a "retarded Jamaican," another a "retarded Puerto Rican," makes fun of third student's weight, telling him he has "the biggest forehead and double chin in the world";
- Driver gets lost for five hours on way to the Bronx Zoo, leading to cancellation of the outing;
- Driver falls asleep, then tests positive for cocaine;
- Driver tries to steal student's coat during field trip;
- Driver and monitor take photos of children showing their underwear;
- Driver oversleeps, so he picks up his students with his own car, until the bus company brings him his bus;
- Driver screams epithets into a cell phone while driving;
- Driver leaves idling bus full of children unattended, allowing an elementary schoolboy to rev the engine;
- Monitor punches, pins to the floor and curses at elementary school student, then tells him: "I will murder you."
politicians are already upset and the DOE has already issued a statement saying their background checks are "far more demanding than the law requires."





that's beautiful. glad the kids get to experience that--it's only what they'll end up dealing with later anyway, so they may as well learn how to handle it now. i fully support those bus drivers for teaching some of "life's little lessons."
this is hilarious.
I don't see the real problem with this story ! Yes we all know about the rights involved here, Blah,Blah, "You can't hit my child " Blah, Blah . Did any of these parents stop to think that there kids are some of the biggest pains in the ass to the bus drivers, And matrons ! I had a relative that worked as a matron for about six months . She said to me one day "I can't go back to that job, I have to find something else" . When I asked why she said that if she stay their on that job she would end up slapping the shit out of someones kid ! This coming from a woman that goes to church every Sunday !!! If parents disciplined there kids at home none of this would be an issue ! Sure you have some bad seeds in the mix driving the bus and the matron's are sometimes bad as well . It's the kids that cause the bulk of the problems here !
I simply can not believe that instead of addressing the problem adults are blaming children. Children should be taught to follow rules if they don't follow the rules then as a bus driver it is your responsibility to take the steps to insure the safety of the other children on the bus and remove the disrespectful child. You do not institute rude, nasty , careless behavior which can harm any child. You are the adult and should act like one at all times!!!!
I personally would not tolerate any bus driver who was giving children cigarettes, taking pictures of my childrens panties, or doing drugs while entrusted with the safety of my children. This would warrant a lawsuit with the department of education. Big time!!!!