Bus driver refuses to let students off 2023

A school bus driver in Washington is out of a job after she refused to allow students to roll down the windows on a sweltering hot school bus last month, WXPI reported. The video was recorded inside of the bus on April 19. All of the children's faces are blurred out to protect their identities. In the video, the kids demanded the bus driver allow them to open the windows after a girl passed out.

"Why can't we open the window?" a student can be heard asking the driver on the tape.

"Because the alarms will go off!" the driver replied.

"I don't care! She could die!"

The driver told the students to fan the passed out girl while she continued to drive. The kids pulled together to get the girl water, while they begged the driver for help. Several kids ended up getting off the bus before their stops, which is against district policy. The bus driver was removed by the school the next day, but it didn't help. Two children were made sick by the ride home. Parents of students in the Everett Public Schools are demanding to know why the driver would let their kids suffer.

Schools are installing cameras in their buses more and more often, and they don't always like what they see. Last year, a school bus driver locked a bus full of children in so he could yell at them about their behavior. A similar camera caught a school bus driver scaring students by parking the bus near a speeding train. School buses are due for a safety overhaul. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently recommended that school buses get seat belts, and the Environmental Protection Agency wants to get rid of diesel engines to help improve kid's health.

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CONNELLSVILLE, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — The Connellsville Area School District and its bus company are responding to an unusual incident.

Some parents are angry over a school district bus driver who refused to continue his route. The company said a district bus driver did the right thing.

“You could hear the kids screaming, ‘Help me, he won’t let us off,’” parent Erica Umensetter said.

Umensetter described the scene Thursday when parents got on the bus to grab their kids after the driver refused to complete his route and wouldn’t let them off.

“There were already a couple parents there trying by the door, trying to break the door to get these kids out,” Umensetter said.

Some of the children said the driver threatened them and turned the heat on. However, none of those claims have been substantiated.

On Friday, both the district and bus company released statements. TA Nelson Bus Lines said in part:

“The driver called dispatch concerning unruly children on the bus. The driver was instructed to pull the bus over in a safe location and wait for a representative from the school to arrive. The driver was instructed to pull the bus over in a safe location and wait for a representative from the school to arrive.”

A parent who was at the scene and had a child on the bus told KDKA-TV that even before the bus left West Crawford Elementary School, the behavior of several students forced a school staff member to board the bus and speak to some students. The mother also said her daughter does not like riding the bus because of the behavior of some students.

The bus company said it is not releasing the name of the driver and has turned over videotapes with audio. The investigation is ongoing.

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Two primary school students have claimed they were not allowed to board the school bus by the driver.

A video of the two students is circulating on social media, causing a lot of concern.

A man and a woman in the video asked the two girls why they were on their own and walking when they had bus cards.

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The man claims it may have already been two hours of walking by the students.

The girls claimed the bus driver did not allow them to board the bus as their cards were not working.

Questions have been sent to the Education Ministry and the Fiji Bus Operators Association.

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