School bus incident

What an idiot! I'm glad Cori told you about her.

I'm so glad Cori told you about that. I would be furious....

That's horrible! I'm glad Cori told you!

I am glad you have an open relationship with Cori too.

I listed those three things before you even stated them especially the phone. You need to get this lady fired. 1 for insulting your kid and 2 for jepordizing her life! No one messes with our children.

OMG I am so glad that Cori told you!!!

there is absolutely no excuse for calling the kids on her bus stupid.....and definately not to shut up either......i mean heck you can tell them to be quiet, keep the noise down, etc....but not Shut up!!

Also......talking on the cell phone!!!!!! We get in huge sh!t if we do that!!! That is one thing that is stressed when you are in training....you do NOT talk on the phone willdriving

That is horrible! i look forward tohearing what was done to this driver

I'd be FURIOUS !! Sic'em, Jen !!

What an idiot!! I sure hope they fire this person. I'm glad that Cori told you about the incident.

Whatever happened? Did they follow up?

i was going to ask the samething

Heard anything back yet? I know that the kids on Drew's bus get in trouble for saying things like that, so the drivers better also! That's just wrong! Especially talking on the phone! That would just me putting the kids lives in danger so you can talk on the phone!

Well come on already! Inquiring minds want to know!

I can't believe that happened!! I hope that driver gets canned.

I hope they get back to you!

nothing yet???

I think I'd be satisfied with how they're handling it as well. Glad they are so cooperative with you, even if it took awhile to get a call back, and that they're doing something instead of just passing it off as nothing.

You know, the timing of this incident is interesting. A few weeks ago, Jessi and her friend come home and tell me that the bus driver told them to sit their a$$e$ down and yelled at them. I was quite upset, but I also know Jessi tends to exagerate, so I called her friend's mom and asked if she had heard anything. She never said what I was specifically asking, but asked her daughter if the bus driver ever said anything she shouldn't. Her daughter says "you mean like 'sit your a$$ down?'". I was about to call the school and have a fit, but decided to ask another parent.

Her daughters said that they had never heard that (two of them ride the bus), but they did tell me that Jessi had gotten in big trouble for being ugly to another little boy. So I figured Jessi was just making it up for that reason.

Yesterday, Jessi and her friend walk in and the friend tells me that the bus driver yelled at them to sit their "pie holes" down. This was after she asked them to stand up in the back of the bus and make sure she didn't back over anything First of all ... why are kids directing her how to drive, and secondly, what the he!! is a pie hole anyway?

Even though it's not necessarily a bad word, I don't think it's an appropriate way to be talking to elementary school kids, do you? And honestly, I was tempted to believe them the first time ... and definitely now. Last year, we moved here mid-way through the school year. Now keep in mind that I'm well aware Jessi has some behavior issues and can NOT keep her mouth shut. So after we'd been here a month or two, the bus driver calls me up to the bus (I'm sitting in the car with a sleeping baby and a preschooler) and asks if Jessi has ever ridden a bus before. When I told her yes, she made some comment about you'd never be able to tell. Umm ... OK. If you are having problems with my kid .. then just say so. Can't fix what I don't know about. But I found her approach very unprofessional and I never cared for her after that. We've even seen her out in public before and she wouldn't even look at Jessi, much less speak to her.

So ... I think the other mother is going to call today and complain. Since I'm the one that usually has the big mouth, we figured it would be more productive coming from someone they aren't used to hearing.

We thankfully have a good bus driver that is very patient but also very capable of managing the kids on her bus. I would be upset in either of your situations.

Haley, however has a girl that she is assigned to sit with the doesn't exactly bully but she always forces Haley to sit by the window even when Haley got there first so that she can talk to her friends better. Haley won't stand up to her because she is a fifth grader. Why do they pair little kids up with big kids on the bus? Wouldn't it be better and quieter to match kids up with people they actually like so they'll talk to each other instead of across seats?

I'm glad that your situation got handled Jen.......I think that you did the right thing and handled the situation great And Dawn, I would be very upset with your particular drivers "attitude" if nothing else.

My experience (what little I have) has been that managing a bus full of elementary children is difficult at best and sometimes impossible, depending on the situation. I really DO NOT like my job, that is the honest truth. But I believe in treating the students the way that I expect them to treat me. I won't even allow my students to tell each other to shut-up, its disrespectful.
In fact, the only reason that I have kept this job is because I love the kids som much.......the administration is a TOTAL JOKE
Its against the law for a school bus driver to talk on a cell phone while driving, even a hands-free, this is in GA, I'm not sure if it is the same anywhere else, so Jen, I'm very glad that it wasn't a cell-phone.
Well ladies, in GA, we only have 4 1/2 more days till summer break hang in there!

Oh, I don't doubt the job sucks. Hell -- there are days that it's near impossible to drive a minivan full of kids around. I don't envy a bus driver. However, she chose this career and if you don't even like kids (almost sounds as if she doesn't like ANYONE) then you need to be in another line of work.

I can tell you one thing -- if she's driving that bus next year, Cody will not be on it and I'll have no difficulties telling them why. The first time she tells my 4 year old to sit his pie hole down, it'll be on!

You go Dawn!! Maybe you could complain to the Director again, sometimes it can be very aggravating/difficult having to take your children to and from school every day, you should be able to put them on the school bus and know that they are being taken care of and not yelled at and mistreated. If she drives again next year and her "behavior & attitude" are the same, I don't think that she should be driving a bus at all! Good luck