Parents upset after Ont. bus driver refuses to drop kids off

Parents were upset after a bus driver dropped their kids off late due to excessive noise. Tracy Tong reports.
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[@angelitadavila118]

Report them to the school so THEY can handle it They’re elementary *kids* they are KNOWN for being loud

[@ryanbarker5217]

depends. as a sub, i have kids who are out of control and i have buses that are fine.

[@jruss4918]

Exactly!

[@zoesherwin]

My bus driver "kidnapped" my bus group. He drove around for an hour and a half passing our stops 3-4 times because we were loud once and then were complaint we wanted to go home. He remained our driver for the 5 years I was there

[@downhomesunset]

Zoe Sherwin then don't be such a brat

[@MrWizardjr9]

you think she is the one causing all the noise its probably other people on the bus

[@SirFrag32]

It's always "Someone else"

[@briellep8909]

Then your bus driver should be fired

[@weaksauceremy]

Downhomesunset wtf

[@lauragutierrez4784]

Some people can't work with children................. They should know children are a big responsibility and their behavior is different than adult's behavior

[@leavocado3926]

lourdes book That's exactly why he stopped. Its difficult to drive when children are screaming and he could have easily got into an accident.

[@lauragutierrez4784]

Le Avocado......That's a lie, He got angry and he wanted to make them cry that's all..... what he did was WRONG!

[@leavocado3926]

***** Well now the kids know some discipline. Their parents didn't obviously teach them anything, if I was on the bus I would be crying because I know my parents would be pissed at me for driving the bus driver to that point. We really don't know what happened. He has probably been in that situation many times with those kids and he knew he had to do something about it or it would not change.

[@lauragutierrez4784]

Le Avocado he had to do some smarter than what he did

[@33ulu33]

Looks like you even do not have one single kid hence your irresponsible comment. If you only once had one single kid screaming by your ear you would understand the catastrophic mess on the bus loaded with "horse playing" kids which the driver was operating. I am sure you do not have a CDL either! You never struggled to operate a bus on traffic smartass, did you? You never had to worry about misbehaving horse playing students' safety while operating a bus. You never felt anxious about potantial traffic hazards at the same time, have you! NOW, PROVE ME WRONG!!!!!

[@galaxypox]

Similar thing happened to me back when I was in elementary school. We were waiting in line to get on our bus and a few kids were being noisy and roudy so the bus lady took only a small handful of children she thought weren't loud and drove off. We got put on a bus and I didnt get home till 5 because the bus we got put on didn't go through the right order. I didnt have a cell phone at the time and boy was my mom pissed and worried. She got no call or anything

[@amypaul9079]

She had no right to do that and should have been fired.

[@azizawais6886]

The only problem I have is the kids that are quiet and polite. It sends the wrong message.

[@meezi_moo]

So she was distracted enough to not take the students home but alright enough drive all the way back to school?

[@ryanbarker5217]

it's to show them the consequences of their behaviour. is this a difficult concept for you?

[@meezi_moo]

@@ryanbarker5217 it's okay to punish them, but leaving them for over an hour? kids have their own lives too, and to be holding kids that long without telling the parents is dangerous

[@ryanbarker5217]

@@meezi_moo i agree, an hour is excessive. you call dispatch then take them back to the school and they make the necessary calls from there. we have to bear in mind that buses are a privilege and in most places not a law. this is especially true if it's not a public school and why so many of these stories involve private schools using third party bus companies like first student. these schools are far better off sub-contracting buses from the school district, which is what happens in my area for the most part.

[@georgemurphy2579]

@@ryanbarker5217 - it is because it is for a number out there.

[@GabrielleHayes1921]

My thoughts exactly. Our bus driver would just stop the bus and tell everyone to settle down and then get back on the road

[@googlesuxbigtime1227]

If the bus driver can't handle driving with a bunch of noisy kids, after being penned up in school all day. Then they should be looking for another line of work. A good school bus driver, will take the time at the beginning to make themself liked by their students. Plus calmly talk to them about proper bus behavior. Come acrosd as a hardass, or just an ass. And you're going to have your hands full.

[@mikechow2028]

Bull spit. He's not there to be friends. Aso, it does not work. If the kids do not behave they do not get to ride. You're in lala land.

[@theaverys6941]

Same thing happened to me when I was in 6th grade. I live in the South and it was August so it was about 95 degrees in the bus and one kid was playing music on a speaker so the bus driver said to whoever had the speaker to bring it up to the front of the bus but no one fessed up so we sat a 1 stop for about 20 minutes in total. 1 7th grade girl behind me had a panic attack and said sir I need to get off this bus even though it's not my stop. He said no and after about 5 more minutes he just started moving the bus. He got fired a week later

[@fireycostar9595]

The driver should've reported it to the dispatch and explain to the kids what was going on instead of traumatizing them to where they wet themselves out of fear. They are children not adults. And it's infuriating.

[@wolfygirlgachaandwolfyxxdo7172]

My bus driver stopped every five minutes then yelled "WELL STAHP TALKING AND YOU WILL BE HOME!" My mom phoned the school and then he was fired ;')

[@applewanimations6476]

I am with both sides... Bus Driver/School: They did the right thing to discipline the children. They shouldn't have acted out on the bus, and if anything had gotten any worse, the driver could easily loose control and crash. The bus driver did what they did for the kids safety. Parents: Sure, the bus driver did do the right thing, but I think that they shouldn't have kept them out for over an hour. Also everybody shouldn't be punished on for what a few kids were doing. Plus, they were just chatting and not fighting. If anything would've gotten worse though, like yelling, THEN it would've been reasonable to stop the bus. All kids need to chat, and I don't understand why he didn't move the bus when everyone got quiet. What do you think.

[@LexitaMai]

That doesn't make any sense to me. You can't discipline a kid by not taking them home, especially if you don't consult the parents first. And on top of that, the driver drove all the way back to school rather than just dropping them off. Clearly the driver wasnt all That concerned with crashing, and if she was, she shouldn't be a bus driver to begin with if she can't drive while kids make noise.

[@ryanbarker5217]

@Cyndi Rothrock oh, please. if there's some medical reason a kid has to be back, that kid can inform the driver and he can drop them off and return the rest to school. if the kid needs a snack that bad then they should always carry one. i'm a school bus driver, not an ambulatory service. your example is ridiculous and entirely a false equivalency.

[@mattschehr163]

@@ryanbarker5217 you are not a driver and kids will always be loud and you have to deal with it

[@ryanbarker5217]

@@mattschehr163 i am a driver and if you can't control your kids then that's your problem. that's what assigned seats are for. are you even a driver?

[@mattschehr163]

@@ryanbarker5217 no and assign seats my ass just let them be kids

[@lipgloss-and-cigarettes]

Wtf? This driver is a horrible person. Who would refuse to drop these little kids off? Hell, some of them were crying for their parents.

[@georgemurphy2579]

Yes, but you didn't "engage your brain correctly"

[@terrywhelan6651]

Parents know how to call the press but not how to teach their kids manners. The parents need to get a detention acting like their kids can do no wrong. let the kids walk to school for a few weeks so they learn to appriciate the free ride.

[@jazzyphizzle4925]

Mannnn where tf was a free bus at?? I want one. Had my ass walking 😂😂😂

[@magmoz565]

buses arent free boii

[@lykos832f5]

I don't think i have ever been on a school bus where students weren't loud. And i have always had to pay to ride the bus.

[@gummybear777]

When I took the bus in school I was always quiet.

[@LittleLillypad]

@bou path if you cant handle kids being kids then dont work with kids. if they want quiet they can work in a nursing home or an office. all they have to do is drive kids to school and home.

[@alanmacification]

Fire the bus driver, and sue that company into the ground. The bus driver has no authority to do that.

[@FiddleKat]

A lot of comments about the bus driver disciplining kids. That's not a wise thing to do while driving. If the kids were making that much noise, then yes, the driver has the right, as well as the responsibility of refusing to drive the children further. Having ridden on a bus with a bunch of problem makers, I can testify that students can get horrible really quickly. Such as food being thrown, etc. If the behavior had not been nipped, then it could have quickly escalated to stuff being thrown, etc. And if something thrown had hit the driver while driving, he could have easily lost control. Also, keep in mind, if you have trouble with 2 or 3 kids while driving, just imagine what the bus driver is dealing with, with 40 students who are misbehaving.

[@XxarnyxXx]

Wow elementary and middle schoolers are loud and boisterous, who knew?

[@fredhorsefeathers3225]

All the kids had to do was shut up and sit down. Kids have no respect for authority and have no consequences when they misbehave.

[@gluehigh416]

he has the right to work in a safe environment! bottom line!

[@withurshield931]

Bus driver need to report it to school. Schools need to “robo” call “text” parents to let them know that the kids were returned to the school for misbehaving. That way we are not standing out there for an hour wondering what happen to our kids. YOU 👏🏻NEED 👏🏻TO 👏🏻CONTACT 👏🏻THE 👏🏻PARENTS. 👏🏻

[@rebeccakbrownDusty]

This is so weird. They don't have all these crazy rules and regulations on U.K. School busses. If the kids are being rowdy they just get shouted at and the journey carries on

[@valethevixen8506]

That's America for you

[@isabellamturnbull9082]

thats how it always is. especially since a lot of people want to talk and hangout

[@KayleighNatasha]

What did the bus driver expect... They're kids, they're going to be noisy

[@Eszra]

As someone that used to ride a school bus, believe me that I've heard alternate levels of noise on a bus. I'm the quiet one so I can always gauge right. I've seen the ones that let it get really loud to the point they blow up, and the ones that don't want anyone to saw a single word. Some even threaten the kids with a slip that kicks them from the bus and tells them their parents wouldn't be happy. I unless we actually see and hear what actually went on, I'm siding with the kids.

[@33ulu33]

Looks like you even do not have one single kid hence your irresponsible comment. If you only once had one single kid screaming by your ear you would understand the catastrophic mess on the bus loaded with "horse playing" kids which the driver was operating. I am sure you do not have a CDL either! You never struggled to operate a bus on traffic smartass, did you? You never had to worry about misbehaving horse playing students' safety while operating a bus. You never felt anxious about potantial traffic hazards at the same time, have you! NOW, PROVE ME WRONG!!!!!

[@YoshiBroccoli]

Had the coolest bus driver in 3rd grade he got fired 2 years ago feel sad for all the kids who have to grow up without a cool bus driver now

[@jackgrammer6067]

If I were the bus driver, I'd be glad to get them off the bus.

[@mikayla521]

Exactly, that's what I have been saying.

[@xmikisanimationsx3241]

One time at my old school we had a really rude bus driver for a substitute and the kids were misbehaving so he pasted ALL OF OUR BUS STOPS AND HE KNEW he pasted my friends bus stops my bus stop everyone's and he just kept passing out bus stops and took us to the shady area to get off I was freaked out so I stayed with my best friend who was ready to fight so I called my mom and said make sure not to bring anyone she had this thing that could track me she came and picked up as many kids as she could fit in her car including me and my bff and asked the kids thier mom's numbers so she called them and they all got picked up and me and my friend had to sit in the trunk and we got to our houses and that bus driver was fired

[@tam7236]

Driver did the right thing. Looks as though the kids got the message.

[@user-xw1yh2py4j]

Not really. It is essentially punishing everyone for the actions of some.

[@susangardiner2087]

problem is how not to punish the good ones in this situation. Perhaps the first trip back to school remove the bad ones so the teachers could then phone parents to pick them up with a warning. That will make parents parent.

[@user-xw1yh2py4j]

+Susan Gardiner Whenever I have a doubt as to whether or not my actions may be punishing one who is innocent, I choose not to implement a punishment at all, unless I know it will only affect the one creating the problem. I would rather have someone get away unpunished for a poor behavior than to wrongly punish an innocent individual for good behavior.

[@susangardiner2087]

The problem here is the driver was able to drive the bus back to the school. I would rather punish the bad ones myself as well, perhaps more supervision is required like having another adult on the bus. And when dropped off ticket the parents for their child's ill behavior. The headline is ill named as they were not confined but driven back for the teachers to guide them to be quite. Twice. They probably behaved after that. Wished that there was a camera in the bus to tape what was really going on. Probably spoiled ones. Seen a bus here dropping off children with a fight happening and the bus driver is not allowed to intervene and can't move the bus until they are all seated. Whose fault is it? The rules that are imposed.

[@awl1116]

they did the wrong thing

[@SquishyMcJones]

You can still tell the parents what's going on. The bus driver should have called dispatch, like they were suppose to, and then the school could have called the parents. Just leaving a parent clueless for so long was a terrible move, and it sounds like the school was left in the dark too. So even if parents went to school to check, they probably wouldn't have known where the kids were either.

[@joshuaplotkin8826]

this is kidnapping

[@Jaguarmaserati]

Someone needs to be fired.

[@clairegolden8261]

I feel for the bus driver. Kids are loud and I’m sure they weren’t listening to the driver. I know the parents were worried, but I’m pretty sure they know their kids are no angels.

[@AstrosCinema]

1:42 " I dont like going on the bus no more" LOL

[@sylvani1]

the bus driver did the right thing .I know how it is on a school bus because I have worked as a supervisor on a school bus.

[@marcellasheridan9263]

100% agree with the bus driver, we've all seen videos of kids on those school buses, I would have turned around myself and gone back to the school, not one mother or teacher would put up with all those kids screaming and yelling so why should the bus driver have to put up with it.

[@theundefeatedunfezent5681]

Marcella Sheridan why would you work there then

[@pythiacael3876]

clarification: was the school and parents informed that the bus driver still have the children?

[@a.y.5269]

Just because a couple kids were being loud?? Really?? 🤦‍♀️

[@danceteacherrlb]

I think it isnt abt whether the kids deserve to be punished, but that the lack of communication made kids and parents think the kids were held hostage or abducted. THAT was the traumatic part

[@jennakaufman4471]

This happened to me when I was younger and it on occasion made me late to doctors appointments

[@JDemen82]

Dismiss the driver and hire someone who can keep a cool head with a tolerance for children's actions. They need to remember these kids aren't their children.

[@JDemen82]

jeannine Poulin Triggered???

[@eternalsubscript]

jeannine Poulin AND YOU need to STOP saying the some thing OVER AND OVER

[@NarutoUzumaki-rs9li]

Sarah Benton Same*

[@vincelebron1982]

Yeah u and let's see how u handle it

[@infiniteair2168]

They’re immature, you try driving with 40 kids screaming.

[@mekako1985]

oh yeah get another job if its too roudy , you are a school bus driver if you ant take kids misbehaving and being loud get another job

[@ihaveawebcamja]

I remember when this happened to me when I was ten. The bus driver got fired. I changed schools.

[@newfie9541]

So leaving kids on a bus for an hour and not letting them off is acceptable!

[@downhomesunset]

Josh White Yes

[@vincelebron1982]

Oah and they were harmed not there all ok it's not going to harm the at all they still act the same no commend sents

[@pixxidog873]

1:01 how old is that girl to be a parent???

[@charlesf6247]

What that driver did WAS WRONG PLAIN AND SIMPLE he wouldn't last 5 min as an MTD driver with a bus full of kids cussing and yelling on their way to school and making the bus ride for other passengers

[@katymvt]

Maybe those kids would learn to sit down and be quiet if they realized they weren't going to get home otherwise.

[@mekako1985]

Bus driver should not done what they did why did they report it if you cannot deal with noise and distraction from kids then why are you a bus driver for school

[@natesmodelsdoodles5403]

one of our driver's did this once. we've had drivers stop the bus and lecture the kids for a couple of minutes a few times. it only really happened when things got dangerous, like serious fighting or things being thrown around, so no one really thought much of it, until a driver held the bus for 5 minutes, then turned it around halfway through the route and brought it back to school. every parent was worried, a whole lotta dogs shat inside, and an entire family missed a flight (I think they were going to america. IDK. it was literally more than a decade ago). that last family was apparently the straw that broke the camel's back, since the missed flight was grounds for a pretty decent lawsuit. I'm pretty sure that the driver lost her job.

[@alexandrawilson1998]

The parents should be charged The bus driver should get a promotion And the kids should be punished

[@pokefan213]

I believe the driver could have handled the situation differently instead of effectively holding the kids 'hostage'. betting some of those kids- if not all of them- as well as their parents are a bit scarred. mentally and emotionally.

[@vincelebron1982]

If they where held hostage why r they at home apparently u don't know meaning go back to school

[@AGM-ts5bb]

I do not agree with drivers' reaction BUT it is not reasonable for a driver to be responsible for safe driving AND behaviour management for 30 children!

[@1976klg]

Yes but the districts can't pay for monitors for every bus.

[@nationalchampions]

The parents are deflecting, blaming the driver, and not taking accountability for their children's bad behavior. Another example of how backgrounds this world is in too many situations.

[@TruztNoI]

good for the driver kids need a bit discipline to treat adults with respect...

[@DrunkSamurai]

+TruztNo1 That is not how respect works. Respect is not automatically given. It is earned.

[@TruztNoI]

work both ways. however miss need to be teach values and respect their older...

[@DrunkSamurai]

+TruztNo1 Wat.

[@christopherch6914]

yea adults earn respect just as much of anyone else

[@leemensahn3817]

Indeed

[@shirleymoore9557]

Well, I believe parents might think about teaching their kids some manners. Doesn't seem to happen much anymore as the parents of the disruptive kids have no manners themselves!

[@blankpsycho6533]

Never ask a kid if they are loud. They will never admit to it. Also, that is what my bus driver does sometimes. Then again people get harassed on my bus, so...

[@tropicalorange1237]

I had a bus driver like this like 2 years back (going back home) and he would refuse to drive until the kids making to noise tell him their names (to be written up) so alot (and I mean *alot* ) of kids got off and just walked home. I would had done the same but I didn't have anyone I knew in my area. Needless to say I got home about 2 hours till 8 *pm* on *another* bus

[@AmusedChild]

They're not riding the bus anymore, they're "scared" but the bus is now "quiet"? Someone is not being truthful. Kids need to learn to behave themselves.

[@PonygirlAj]

I live in the Peel region too and I had a bus driver that closed the door on me twice, and laughed for some time before letting me go. He also grabbed a student who was misbehaving, blamed his actions on the students and yelled at us and pulled over constantly. we complained to our principal, who also said there was a shortage of bus drivers in the area.

[@27090209]

It takes a strong person to command the respect of all those kids! Way to go!! Hopefully we have more people like this to know how to put nonsense in its place. Unfortunately kids are oblivious to safety and responsibility for the most part...it takes a leader to reach them on that level. Let the quiet bus rides begin!! 🎉

[@supernaturalfan1358]

Tamara Ingram you expect a bus full of kids ranging from 5 to 17 to be totally quiet? hahaha that's pricless😂😂😂😂

[@downhomesunset]

supernatural fan If they can in class then they can in the bus

[@kylel.1965]

Tamara Ingram It doesn't take a "leader", if that leader is a stranger. Discipline and the instilling of good moral character starts at home with the parents.

[@CookinItUpNumber1]

Wow buddy the bus driver definitely did the "right thing." They should be fired.

[@colleenthecatlady2344]

They're KIDZ!!!!!!

[@angelblue7779]

I can understand the policy to stop the bus and reprimand the children for safety reasons, but this is when common sense needs to come in. NEVER should anyone involved with education, or child care be resorting to "fear tactics" in order to achieve compliance from young children. The mother stated some of the children actually wet themselves out of fear, and expressed anxiety about returning to school on the bus! Once the bus was pulled over the driver should have verbally reprimanded the rowdy group. If this did not solve the issue then he should have called dispatch and parents should have been called to pick up there children either at school , or where they were located , whichever was closer to the stop. Another solution would be for relief of the driver and another to continue on with the route. Repercussions for the children's behavior should be dealt with once children are all home safely, not while on the road and vulnerable to danger.

[@JeantheSecond]

If you keep my kid for an hour that I don’t know where they are and then deliver them to me having pissed their pants, you and me and going to have a problem! I’m glad my bus driver was better than that. I was quiet as a mouse, but my bus was filled with rowdy kids. We’d have never gotten home if she had been this bad at managing kids. Everyone on my bus respected her. Even the ones she disciplined. Forcing them to sit in the front seat was her favorite. They hated that!

[@cassied8892]

that bus driver did actually what she was supposed to do. You don't know if any of those kids are going to try and start a fight with someone else or even the bus driver. There is a time to play and there's a time to be quiet and on the bus that's when you should be quiet and give respect to everybody even the bus driver I'm not saying all kids are bad but it can take one or two of them to ruin it

[@seraphina985]

+Amanda B If they wont calm down to the point that the bus can safely be moved what would you suggest they do, let a few dozen unruly kids off to run around like idiots on the highway?

[@saquanpatterson7161]

That bus driver did the right thing. These annoying kids need to learn

[@Wtfdoesitmatter]

Stopping, reporting, and returning to school is one thing. Holding kids hostage for an hour without anyone being aware of where they are or what is going on is illegal. This driver obviously lost their cool. They stepped way out of line. Losing their job is the least that should happen.

[@lanishawhite1993]

School bus driver fired

[@PunkyPrincessPop]

Why isn’t there another adult on the bus to stop the children from misbehaving? It can’t be left to the driver to drive and do that too.

[@jordanvienneau9178]

yeah that's not allowed, they can't kidnap children like that, regardless of any policy, even one of the children on the bus admitted they weren't that loud, if the driver has too sensitive of hearing they shouldn't be working with kids. I fully stand with the parents.

[@FleuryFan2911]

My bus driver today waited 20 minutes

[@briantaylor4889]

Drivers right, kids Should respect the adults. Im glad she did it. Its not safe driving around with kids jumping around and screaming.

[@annabellecoker7075]

These are some of the reasons why kids need iPhones too.

[@romanshtengel4285]

Situation horrific.

[@LexitaMai]

1. Don't be a bus driver if kids being loud distracts you. They're elementary kids, they are going to talk. 2. You can't hold kids without first consulting the parents. The parents are responsible for the scheduling of young children's after school activities, not the school. What if the parents needed the kids home by a certain time to get them to daycare, or to an after school sport or activity that the *parents* had paid for? 3. The driver wasn't all that concerned about being unable to "drive safely" is she turned around and drive ALL the way back to the school

[@littlemissunoriginal4337]

Kids are kids, and while the parents have the right to be concerned about their kids safety, the bus driver still did the right thing. If he or she cannot focus on the road because the kids are being incredibly loud or fighting/rough housing, they have to take action. It's not their fault your kid doesn't know how to behave on the bus

[@gamingwithmil8009]

The bus driver was extremely right, kids always stand up and walk around and jumping and screaming and cursing so that was very safe and good, AWESOME BUS DRIVER 👏

[@mochi-changacha9707]

Gamingwith MIL excuse me I am ten and I ride a bus and no one does that so don’t say always pls

[@jamesbennett-mcnulty4099]

Random time Gigimelon and friends that's cos your bus has other 10 year olds on it. Ppl say things on YT that 10 yr olds don't want to hear which is fine as YT is for 13+

[@mochi-changacha9707]

Thx for clearing that up

[@paws9248]

Those were like 8-9 yr olds.. Not the 14+ that you are thinking about.

[@mochi-changacha9707]

Wait these children are like 8 and 9

[@linky...]

Everyone in the comments section is saying the bus driver did the right thing. Just watch the video footage. You'll change your mind.

[@dragonmaster5533]

The bus driver did the right thing in the wrong way. She should not have just stopped and not told anyone just because kids were too loud. This sounds like an ongoing problem, that she should have reported a while ago instead of snapping like that.

[@rlynn2118]

yeah um no..that's still not ok

[@nadorilove]

This actually happened to me when i was in high school... bus wouldn't leave the school because 2 people were not in assigned seats and they didn't make a fuss about it then. I had work after school and was almost late.

[@aliciamelendez4168]

Even if the kids were being rowdy in school buses, that is NOT an excuse to hold them hostage. If the kids are being rowdy, let them off. Don’t hold them hostage. The places that keep school buses deserve to be shut down and the staff at those locations need to be retrained on how to better deal with rowdy kids. Either that or the parents of rowdy kids should drop them off and pick them up at school.

[@nathanbarnett7793]

So the driver could drive back to the school but not to a bus stop 5 minutes away. Passive aggressive behavior is not healthy, especially when being done to children.

[@RockStar_Love]

One kid was listed as a parent when being interviewed

[@clarkjc44355]

So parents are upset because their kids are disrespectful brats? If this was my kid i would be having them apologize to that bus driver and the school. As well as other kids who werent being brats.

[@ryanbarker5217]

parents should demand no third party bus companies! they should be banned! but, as a sub driver, i've pulled over many, many, many times when kids have been warned and still won't be chill. they'll yell, 'i have somewhere to be!' i reply, 'i don't.' then after about five minutes i leave, apologizing to the kids who didn't do anything, but pointing out the one/s who's responsible. this way they can self-police themselves to a certain degree and get the trouble-maker to quit being a jerk. it's the only thing kids understand. if the school backed me up when i've done multiple write-ups on a trouble-maker, then there wouldn't be any problem. but, instead of suspending them from the bus, they ignore it, and we're stuck using whatever methods we have to. they grasp a five minute time out. this isn't the first time something like this has happened, it won't be the last. i've had to be an aide on unruly buses for kids old enough to know better. it's a failure of parenting. notice the kids are quiet on the bus now -- it's almost as if they realize there are consequences. it's probably a fact that there are a couple of out of control brats riling everyone up, get rid of them through a suspension and the rest get the hint.

[@danaivey5532]

Yall this is common as hell down south in certain parts.

[@ryanbarker5217]

it wouldn't be common if this was their bus driver.

[@gaylecho9987]

Bus driver fired

[@trumanway3763]

Okay I can see waiting like 10 mins cause kids can be annoying. But an hour? Jeeze.

[@mikechow2028]

Everything is subcontracted out. That's why school lunches are crap.

[@jozefivanov600]

I mean. Would you rather have him keep trying to drive your kids while he feels like he can't drive them safely? This is on the school for not hiring bus monitors. The driver did the right thing by not endangering them and driving distracted.

[@kionnaarielle6543]

Don’t be a bus driver if you can’t handle kids being loud

[@roy19491]

the drawbacks of privatizing critical government services

[@tuckyjoey9321]

Have the teacher get on the bus and let him/her control the children. Then raise the bus fare so the teacher gets paid overtime and the parents understand they need to EDUCATE THEIR CHILDREN AT HOME on how to behave in public.

[@jennadoucette7631]

I think he did the right thing. I don't want him driving with my kid on board if he's constantly being distracted by other children. Parents often forget just how noisy and crazy a bus can be. And I can only assume its worse now with noise from phones and other devices. Teach your child to be respectful to not only the authority figure but also to other kids.

[@semoreteetz]

no

[@loyshaw935]

I would not move either. Be quiet, sit down period!

[@jenniferhejhal4101]

WONDERFUL !! KIDS ARE OUT OF CONTROL. I WOULD PICK UP MY GRANDDAUGHTER BECAUSE OF BULLIES !! PARENTS ARE TO BLAME SPOILED BRATS !!! SPOILED BRATTY PARENTS WHO CANNOT CONTROL THEIR KIDS AT HOME OR ANYWHERE ELSE BUT WANT TO COMPLAINE ABOUT THE BUS DRIVER.!! I APPLAUD THAT BUS DRIVER !!!

[@americannotamericant1773]

In America our buses aren't owned by private companies that have their own unrelated protocol they are owned by the counties and most importantly they follow school protocol this is pretty screwed up and no children should have to deal with that B.S.

[@numerousvids9183]

did anybody else realize that the bus driver didn't stop at the stop sign or is it just me

[@gingersplashanimations7074]

Oh my GoN! Has everyone lost their sense?! That bus driver did the completely wrong thing! He/She punished all those kids just for the actions of some! That is so wrong.

[@kingofgamers5785]

Boi

[@sml2k186]

*GoN*

[@sarahgardiner1649]

Nah, she kept ALL of the kids safe despite the actions of a few.

[@williamchilds216]

... That isn't a punishment. That's holding people hostage.

[@williamchilds216]

She could just say 'shut up' or be quite or whatever.

[@marikiemarie7622]

Well, I work with kids...sometimes safety comes over feelings. Some kids are absolutely disrespectful...beyond the normal little kid noise. There are times that you literally have to do this...I would expect this from kids bus drivers

[@fidelianerina]

Yes, to pull over and wait for them to be quiet is one thing. To drive back to the school and park there for over an hour? No. the bus driver had no right to do that without calling dispatch or finding a way to let the parents know. What if a kid had a doctors appointment they missed because of this? Or a child with diabetes and needs to eat something, or a child needs to take meds at a certain time every day? The bus driver had no right to discipline the children. You know by sending your child to school if they don't follow the rules the teachers can put them in timeout, detention, what ever. If you hire a baby sitter you set the rules for when/how the child should be disciplined. The bus driver has no authority to do so.

[@zv3zd525]

Distracting?! You were probably the one who was not looking at the road and you know... DRIVING! This is why I can't trust these people...