Elementary School Students Say They Were Abandoned by Their Bus Driver

[@person35790]

We need a followup when this bus driver is arrested for child endangerment.

[@cwolf201]

sadly the only followup is he was fired

[@cassiec2519]

They arrested a Mom for letting her 11yr old walk to the store alone, but this bus driver gets to dump 40 kids at an intersection and go home for the night?

[@PhilCArpenter-k5g]

40 counts of child endangerment.

[@cassiec2519]

@@person35790 the follow up: he was fired, then had a news interview where he states “ I never told the kids to get off, and the tablet with the directions acted up, and I could of done better” oh and he tried to blame the kids for being loud. He needs to be charged or driven to the middle of no where and dropped off with no phone

[@robertomele-casillas8692]

He needs to serve time in prison for what he did. School children is his responsibility to transport them from school to their bus stop every weekday.

[@jelindacleggett4885]

I would have been thinking that we were being kidnapped too. How scary and dangerous. Thank you to people who helped

[@preebo2]

40 counts of child endangerment.

[@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398]

Maybe he's wants to run for the 2028 Presidential Election

[@tammiep9628]

I’m with the little girl thinking that they were going to be kidnapped.Does the school system actually know who they hired as a substitute bus driver? This is so so scary and it could have turned out way worse.

[@kissit4729]

Oh now you want to care about kids being kidnapped that happens on a regular basis in my neighborhood and nothing gets done about it see I wonder why could it be from the cartels but you guys allowed into this state

[@acbabelgates9386]

He subbed for the route he has been driving for 7 years.

[@Daniel-bd3vi]

@@acbabelgates9386 He should be FIRED IMMEDIATELY! why place him on leave... JUST PERMANTLY LEAVE and TURN IN YOUR CDL!

[@acbabelgates9386]

@Daniel-bd3vi Oh not sure what I said But Hell Ya that POS should be in Jail for sure.

[@nhansen197]

That driver needs to be charged for child neglect and endangerment. What they did was uncalled for.

[@Crismodin]

He hasn't been arrested? What the hell is going on in this country. EDIT: He essentially kidnapped a bunch of kids and then dropped them off at a random location.

[@JuliaWeber-o7q]

Exactly he should be arrested

[@kissit4729]

Blatant lawlessness but you guys voted for you keep fighting for Democrats this s*** happens

[@ColoRadoSNOWrider]

Did he force them off the bus? No he did not. Yall are dim for wanting this old dude arrested

[@grayowl167]

@ColoRadoSNOWrider Adults are responsible for child safety. The children do not gave choices in these matters. They have influence, but their safety is determined by the adults around them.

[@Crismodin]

@@ColoRadoSNOWrider Tell me you shouldn't be a parent without telling me you shouldn't be a parent challenge for 100, Alex.

[@mommie2492]

The women who helped the girls needs to be recognized for helping them.

[@nickserafine6345]

Nah, that's just being a decent person. Don't get me wrong I'm glad the lady helped. However if I had helped I would be glad they were home safe and I would want left alone after.

[@pamelamays4186]

That driver's name needs to be released. He needs to be tracked down, arrested, charged and put in prison.

[@Carspotter682]

I agree. What that substitute bus driver did to all 40 innocent children is very wrong. That's child endangerment that we're talking about here.

[@Jonathan.D]

He sounds like the substitute driver that was let go from cherry creek district. Like the driver in this case he would not drive if the kids were talking. All the kids were very upset because of his shouting and yelling at them. If this is the same guy then it was lucky for us that he was let go. Hopefully he is not allowed to ever drive a bus again.

[@Carspotter682]

@@Jonathan.D Or any School Bus Company that has children involved.

[@JG22-c5o]

@@Jonathan.D Was the Cherry Creek driver named Irving Johnson? That’s the name of the DCSD bus driver. An older, white man who was a substitute driver.

[@BoMwarriorVlog]

I'm against mob mentality, despite the horrible incident of this. 🙁 He's already known by the DOT, the school, and police I'm sure.

[@SandcastleDreams]

"On leave"? Dude should be arrested for child endangerment at a minimum!

[@barryv246]

Who vetted this driver if anyone?

[@cwolf201]

the agency hiring out the replacement to the school

[@StormFanatic210]

That Driver needs to be held accountable. Needs to be charged with Child Endangerment at the very least. What he did is a crime.

[@Mr.grimes-r4m]

That person should get arrested for child endangerment and gross negligence

[@StopWars420]

So are you saying this is or isn't illegal??? Because that driver belongs in jail.

[@ryanciani3324]

I wouldn’t say jail but should certainly be fired from ever being able to drive a bus again

[@StopWars420]

@ryanciani3324 Its called child endangerment and it can be a Misdemeanor or Felony.

[@8180634]

When you pay bottom of the barrel wages you get a bottom of the barrel labor pool.

[@RetJetFxr]

How do you know what it pays? I drive a school bus for a Philly suburb district and make $30 per hour. They also pay me medical waiver money, amounting to another $4 per hour. No complaints about pay from me!

[@8180634]

@RetJetFxr ​that's great! Here in S FL they pay $29k/yr for school bus drivers. The average house here is now close to $500k, I occasionally see one bedroom apartments for rent for just over $2,000 a month, so suffice to say school bus drivers are not paid a living wage here.

[@RedDevilMoto]

Kidnapping, child abandonment....sounds about right for a charge against the driver

[@DJ-os5ih]

The driver needs to have his license for driving a bus permanently revoked and he needs to be criminally charged and put in jail for child endangerment.

[@Carspotter682]

That School Bus Company should've fired that substitute driver for endangering all 40 innocent children that were on that school bus. This is completely wrong.

[@JG22-c5o]

He has been fired

[@tinavaughanyoung6337]

This man needs to be investigated by police. He could have caused harm to these children.

[@chrisredfern2408]

I am a school bus driver myself, for those who might not know, if you leave a sleeping child on the bus and leave the bus, it is a class 4 felony (for this reason, along with the fact i care about the kids, i always do my child check) even still, this is an unintentional(if careless) act. So if that gets you a class 4 felony, this should be 40 times worse. I am absolutely shocked all that happened was he was fired. SMH

[@grimm9464]

That bus driver needs to be fired not on leave, lose certification as a bus driver and charged with everything that goes with leaving those 40 children alone. There is no "I'm sorry about what happened." They made a bad decision that could have ended badly for those children.

[@Cybersecurityisgood]

40 counts of child endangerment

[@SuburbanSavage]

My school district uses a bus company that is so terrible. They have left my non-verbal, autistic son in various places around town, including an abandoned house, a shopping center, a park, the side of the highway, and a parking lot for a train station. When I spoke to the school board, I was told that I had to just accept it because they couldn't afford to lose the contract.

[@audibell]

Mr bus driver you are fired

[@JayseGreene]

The most important thing is the kids are home, safe and warm. Now comes the lawsuits and if it was my kid, I'd be hiring a lawyer.

[@Fuchsbau101]

He's crazy. Sorry don't cut it. I don't care what the pay was. He took the job. You do the job.

[@JeffHulkHemp]

The police needs to be called .

[@mhath5881]

Kidnapping, reckless endangerment, child endangerment, and so many others. The bus driver, school board, and bus company all need to be held responsible for this incident. There needs to be a public apology, arrest and charges files, and assurance this never NEVER happens again or authority with be held ultimately responsible with their jobs on the line.

[@ryanciani3324]

It’s not kidnapping. It was a school

[@redheadkd1565]

I don’t live in that state. Can someone explain why the kids were leaving school at such a late hour please? I was surprised to hear it was just before 5pm. Schools where I am are out no later than 3:10-3:30pm. Thank you for the info. This is sickening no matter what time it happened. I agree with others that this driver needs to be arrested and charged!

[@redkellbell6169]

Might be an after-school program, or rehearsal for a holiday concert. I remember as a kid I'd stay after school and practice, although I didn't take the bus, my dad picked me up.

[@daisygirlmochi768]

Do your schools not have after school clubs/programmes? Lol 🙈

[@redheadkd1565]

@ Yes, the junior high and high schools do. But, most of the school districts here have done away with school buses! ($ of course) They figured kids could use the local public transit or have parents take their kids to & from school! Like this is convenient for all families… lots of car pools or walking like the old days! SpEd of course still have the buses if needed. We have a very large & excellent SpEd program in our districts here.

[@bluetarantulaproductions6179]

Who in the bloody hell drops off kids of that age miles away from their homes?! Bastard!

[@beckycaughel7557]

Dropping off 40 kids after dark in the cold at a random intersection I couldn’t tell but I didn’t even see a safe place for them to go and some some of the older kids had cell phones or something. Thankfully that woman came to help those two girls but even that it required them to trust a stranger and get in the car with her which I’m sure they’ve been told 100 times not to do! But it’s not like they have much choice. It actually reminds me of a time many years ago now when I was working at Burger King and I had gotten off my shift but I noticed that there was a little boy just standing by a light pole in front of our store you have been there a long time and finally a friend of mine and I went up to him because I didn’t want to approach him by myself because I didn’t want to be accused of anything we went up to him and asked him if he was OK and apparently he was a part of a group selling candy and the van driver just drops the kids off and have them go around trying to sell candy and then supposed to pick them up at a certain time at a certain place and his driver didn’t come we waited a little longer and then the manager of the store was off duty so the three of us offer him a ride home. Unfortunately he didn’t exactly how to get there.(this is before GPS ) he finally was able to remember his grandmother’s name we had to stop at the phonebooth and look up her phone number. so we called her told her the situation. And offered to drive him to her since she didn’t have a car. Needless to say she was quite livid as was the boy’s mother. Thankfully, that situation worked out just like this one did with this woman driving these two girls home.

[@TechSyndicate83]

Wow.... thats pretty messed up. Sounds like someone had one of those zero F's to give days 💁‍♂️

[@MarksArk2]

This is why you never ask, what's next?

[@SerafinaBabic-q8b]

Why didnt the police arrest that person like they did with that one mom???

[@mikeklinger1712]

This is child endangerment! Time for prison

[@DrSweat]

Could this have turned into a child abduction situation? Was that his intent??

[@Missab4000]

It’s scary how difficult it can be to get bad bus drivers out of a school district.

[@leward7788]

as a retired school bus driver, i'm appalled. guy's a physo and definitely didn't follow what his license tells him to.

[@Alaina-r9e]

I've read some of these comments and some of them where flat out ridiculous. They were asking where these kids parents were, they are elementary students, most of them don't have phones first of all. Second how would they get internet miles away from their homes? Open your eyes. The parents had no way of knowing where their children were or what happened. Please, do your research before you come on here and comment dumb things.

[@ryanciani3324]

They shouldn’t have them to begin with. If they ever get them they’ll never talk again

[@RobertGildea-s8s]

That is pathetic that man shouldn't even be a bus driver for the school district

[@christopherroy9440]

Every parent needs to confront the school board and demand answers.

[@kurtjensen7264]

The bus driver should be in jail for child, abandonment and child endangerment and kidnapping

[@JuliaWeber-o7q]

That's horrible who hired the sub driver

[@jomiddleton4225]

Wow scary

[@susanmesser375]

The school/school district should be held accountable too. They should have done better. Just My Opinion. Just saying

[@melodymacken9788]

To my mind, that is absolutely dangerous.

[@JayPea7204]

So grateful my kids went to a small rural school and all the bus drivers were school employees who were our neighbors, acquaintances, relatives, so if there was a screw-up, at least they were with people we knew, and there were screw-ups, as inevitably they eventually will

[@louisaisthankful6455]

Yikes!!!

[@Daniel-bd3vi]

That substitute driver SHOULD BE IN JAIL for KIDNAPPING, TERRORIZING, and ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF THOSE STUDENTS!

[@ryanciani3324]

He didn’t kidnap anyone

[@colingarcia5452]

He needs to be fired and arrested for child endangerment

[@sistakia33]

Not everyone can work with kids! You people really need to check these people’s backgrounds before you trust them with other people’s kids! 😢

[@angelalong6740]

I hope they throw this driver in jail, and throw away the key.😡

[@connor_flanigan]

at least the kids did the right thing and got a ride with a stranger

[@garybryant9097]

I am an unemployed, homeless man that sleeps outside and prospects for any kind of a living wage are almost non existent. I am available and ready to work. Instead, the government hires people like that, knowing that someone like me would NEVER do anything like that. You deserve fully what is to follow.

[@vulcan2882]

I hope he's being charged with child endangerment and even kidnapping.

[@perrymehta6438]

Hope the driver gets serious jail time. Glad the kids are all safe. Glad for the stranger

[@Shadowwolf-jg3ee]

School systems nowadays are more concerned about the reputation than they are about their own students that substitute bus driver and that school need to be investigated

[@audraarndt1824]

What an ahole driver to do that.

[@donaldrudy5127]

That is called a substitute driver did not pay ation to the route when he was being train by the other bus driver, who take that royte every day.

[@streetlegalsprintcar]

So the wheels on the bus don't go round and round.

[@vwgolffancarreviews7111]

Why would you interview kids without consent from the parents

[@katielemmon2581]

Everything the mom said of the two beautiful little girls is absolutely 100 on the. True and I have a feeling that the parents of the other 40 toward one said something very similar I hope that this substitute bus driver that is on leave is not on Paisley because they most definitely don't deserve to be on paid leave what day did but not and honest mistake but was beyond crap from hell I'm glad that the two little girls had a good kind-hearted stranger take them into the car and call them Mommy to take them home I hope all the other kids got something very similar or better yet have the mommy and daddy picking them up I can't I know for a fact that I would then be on till 5:00 at my age of 43 and me being kids all under the age of 16 they had to be terrified I hope that this substitute bus driver and never allowed to drive kids of any age ever again unless of their own.

[@mercuryfever392]

He should've radioed to headquarters and inform them of the problem. They could have assisted him and figured out what to do.

[@meyatetana2973]

Hiring should be better for that job, pay should be far better it's so dumb to think 15/hr is enough so you get what you pay for. Need to have more safe guards in place

[@robertruge2916]

Driver can't handle children talking while he drives. Boo hoo😩

[@ryanciani3324]

He should’ve been doing high school. You’d never hear a word from any high school kid on a bus. They aren’t even capable of talking

[@groberjager4746]

why not an arrest for child endangerment!!!!

[@jediskunk67]

He should not be near children ever!

[@dustp1985]

Update to this story. Driver was fired by the school district.

[@bi_unicorn_88]

My school when I was little did this and blamed me. The driver didn't get in trouble

[@rudy-s2k]

In 1990 When I was around twelve to thirteen years old after a valley fare, do you have a trip? Me and twenty other students were dropped off miles from our house, same situation.

[@RIP19851]

I actually fell asleep on the bus and woke up back at school the bus driver never checked the seats so someone saw me in the bus window and got the driver then took me home

[@TheMostAwesomeMan2424]

Me too. I had a similar experience.

[@7018bluegrass]

Oh brother.. todays people are rediculous.. We know nothing about the “ Why”.. The kids are fine.. Bus driver fine.

[@Aphmaufan7879]

Its true I Was on that bus he actually tries to Kidnap us 40 students on the bus it was really scary

[@JG22-c5o]

@@Aphmaufan7879 I’m sorry you were on that bus and had to go through that. But if you are young enough to be on that bus, you really shouldn’t be posting on the internet under a full first/last name for your own safety, especially when the name and town of your school is known. Please make sure your parents are aware of your posting and internet activity. We all want you to stay safe. 🙂

[@ryanciani3324]

Like well believe you were there

[@andrewkuldip8785]

Wtf? That bus driver should be arrested! 😡👿😡👿

[@DissYraiN]

Oooh shit he did it to upper middle class peoples kids, too. He's super screwed lol.

[@JG22-c5o]

@@DissYraiN He should be “screwed” regardless of the socioeconomic status of kids’ parents. All kids deserve to be safe.

[@lindabragdonpayne7898]

That driver needs to go to jail

[@hammerdragon4321]

Never drop off someone kids in a unknown location if you can’t handle kids talking find yourself another job

[@sherrienale9974]

First off, kid's talk on the bus,yelling I can agree would be a reason not to drive but to make them remain mute is unreasonable right off..I doubt it was " his bus"..That ignorant guy can assuredly not be driving bus further more as surely his license to drive bus would be revoked with 40 charges of neglect of children coming his way..Thank God all 40 made it home safely.Not without emotional and physical pain from the cold unfortunately..

[@countbenjamin1442]

I think the bus driver needs to have some time in a jail cell as well as spending a lot of their own money on lawsuits and lawyers because what he did was wrong

[@creedwestlake4617]

This was criminal. Is the driver being charged?

[@JohnnyJohnson-u1i]

Yeah, that bus driver would definitely go missing

[@stringsixxx7684]

bus driver.. needs to hide..

[@IndefiniteGentlemen]

the explanations so far don't add up.

[@Chris-kp7pq]

Hold DCSD admistration accountable

[@lindas9550]

I want to see the video to prove what was going on. Even if the kids were as bad as he said you still don't open the door and shove them out

[@marcp1880]

So why didn't 9NEWS mention what happened to the driver or the school?

[@kaylahernandez2002]

So sad poor kiddos hungry and crying they were tired from walking back home 🏠

[@kristen7777]

Unacceptable DougCo! These are little babies!

[@kissit4729]

@@kristen7777 you act as if they're still sucking on a binky and a bottle they are not little babies

[@ashleyblair8285]

They are ages 6-12 even though they may not have just been born doesn't mean the aren't very, very young

[@kristen7777]

@@kissit4729 That is not the point and you know it! They were scared and terrified and miles from home. These kids did not deserve this at all.

[@kissit4729]

@@kristen7777 when it comes to people here in Colorado I don't care about people's feelings and how much they are so damn scared they are school age children there's a big damn difference. Also you guys can blame yourself you keep voting for Democrats a lot of funding has been taken away from schools to go towards illegal immigrants voting for these assholes then you end up getting people that are not qualified for these positions because they are not able to get somebody to get paid enough they get somebody that is at the bottom of the damn Barrel. So before you want to blame the damn bus driver look at your damn selves you guys make sure that there is not enough funding because you keep voting for people that keep taking away funding some things like schools roads teachers good faculty law enforcement the fire department just so we can go to illegal immigrants if you think that shit has not been going on you've got another thing coming. You have got to learn to pay attention stop pointing the fingers do people that you think it's their fault whenever you're not even thinking to begin with

[@ryanciani3324]

These girls look like they’re 10. N they haven’t been a baby in a few years

[@markmccarthy8291]

Child neglect

[@victoriascholl4607]

OMG - this bus driver is fired!

[@themt.mooncrew9800]

This is why the policies for no cell phones and schools need to be abolished. Kids need an opportunity to reach out for help.

[@JackieOwl94]

There is a difference between no cell phones during school hours and no cell phones, period. No one is advocating for no cell phones on the bus. You’re just straw manning.

[@rsunday1983]

Ya dont need to have a no cell phone rule. There are electronic devices called cell phone jammers. They block all cell phone signals in a specific area. Just turn it on during school hours.

[@ryanciani3324]

Um no they shouldn’t have cell phones. Cell phones just make people anti social. Itould make them anti social from a very early age. There’s people out there who don’t know how to talk because of the fact they have cell phones. They should never get one

[@melq9437]

What in the world?? The school is "concerned". I should say so!

[@AdamZimmerman-c6i]

Almost as bad as the bus driver I had who had serious road rage and ran a red light, getting into an accident 🙄

[@MelchizedekRemnent1]

Had that happen Too We had to run to the Bus stop to get our kids I called the Bus garage and school and the Board of Education. I should have sued them she was late alot had her husband driving when she was still to drunk and yelled at the kids. I wish I could have sued them SHE WAS FIRED

[@lindabragdonpayne7898]

No background check for bus drivers

[@debraellison6255]

Child endangerment ×40.

[@anitagrant6465]

Press charges

[@Jordan_TheGoatPlays]

this shi still happens..... dam

[@acbabelgates9386]

These kids are Evil. They seems so horrible! Lol Jesus Put that old Man in Prison for life!!!! Zero Excuses for this Pure Evil Old Man to do this to not one but 40 kids. Please put that man i. Prison this is Totally a Crime in every way possible.

[@ryanciani3324]

I’m so confused. Your lost

[@ShirleyShultz-k4c]

Stupid bus driver should be dismissed

[@No-Name-f8p]

Notice they do not DESCRIBE or NAME the bus 🚌 driver? 🤔👀

[@faerierosepress4133]

Right

[@MileHighDick]

Yup it was probably of a light color 🙎🏼‍♂️

[@mattbosley3531]

They may not know the driver's name yet.

[@JG22-c5o]

The name was released earlier today

[@JG22-c5o]

And he was interviewed