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Bus Driver Verbally Harassing Children

Bus Driver Verbally Harassing Children

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Started by Zach Vinitski 8 years, 10 months ago

Article 1. Verbal Harassment

A bus driver to remain unnamed is being accused of verbal harassment by her middle school students. This driver has called out kid about them and they're "problems" and other private subjects. She has called kids names and lectured them about how what they did was wrong. This driver has verbally harassed the students as a group and individually. As a student on her bus, I was criticized about my generalized anxiety disorder. I was told I was a better person last year, which was when I was suffering from major depression. She has degraded me and has caused me more depression, even with antidepressant treatment. She has harassed children and made them feel bad about themselves and others for no reason.

Article 2. Reckless Driving

This driver has speed up around turns, traveling faster than 35mph, and making the bus tilt. The driver has a moderator sense of road rage and has done some maneuvers that could have put the students in danger.

Article 3. Targetting and Discrimination

This bus driver targets students that are happy and social. The students who get in trouble are those who are in a good mood, social, laughing, smiling, etc. I myself have been reprimanded for smiling. The driver was able to turn my smile into a fake case of sass and disrespect. She open targets children that are seeming to be/or are happy.

Article 4. Unreasonable Punishment

This driver has punished kids for screaming because they hurt themselves. She punishes kid for not sitting up against the window. She has punished kids for slouching and turning 90 degrees. She has punished kids for smiling and laughing. She has punished kids for turning around or talking across the aisle.


All in all: This bus driver is not suitable for her job. Something has to be done to not only help me, but also others. These kids are ridiculed and harassed. The bus is supposed to be a safe place. Most kids get anxiety from just stepping on to that bus in the morning. Help us show the district that change has to be made, and that we have the right to not be harassed and targeted.


Updates

May 21, 2018

The school board can no longer pretend they do not see this blatant abuse of power. This surge in support proves that people are finally waking up to the toxic environment this driver has created for us. We are turning up the heat until they remove her from that bus.

13 Comments

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Anonymous
8 years ago Featured

Students should not feel threatened by their bus driver, or any adult entrusted to care for them. I call on NPSD to investigate this situation and include the children involved in the process.

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Robert
8 years ago Featured

Please investigate the matter and do training and or route reassignment for the sake of these young people. Thank You

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Jayden Cardona
8 years ago Featured

She is being unreasonable and punishing people for irrational reasons such as “smiling” and “hand motions” I don’t believe she is fit enough to to work as a bus driver.

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Autumn
8 years ago

Its needs to stoppp

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Anonymous
8 years ago

SOMETHING MUST BE DONE!

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Justin May
8 years ago

Oof

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Anonymous
8 years ago

Wow thts is reallly mean

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Lizzie Mueller
8 years ago

She does not pay attention to the road and spends most of the time when she should be driving, staring at the students riding the bus, searching for a reason to yell at them. She picks out certain students and harasses them in front of the whole bus. I have seen a student who is riding the bus as a guest to go home with somebody else, almost have an anxiety attack because of how bad she was yelling at somebody and not focusing on driving. She simply has no consideration for the well beings of the students who ride the bus. I ride the bus in the morning as well as the afternoon and have witnessed her talking about certain students to other students, gossiping, and complaining about how bad of students they are. She is being a bully to a bunch of teenagers and this can no longer be tolerated. It needs to stop now.