[khnyny]

"I'm still trying to figure out why this school bus driver let these 2 on in the first place.
Umm, they probably weren't all the much different in age than the typical high school student. Nor dressed more strangely than many of those.'

You're right, they were at the bus stop and sort of "blended in". The most important point that I read elsewhere though, is that the bus driver was a SUBSTITUTE driver and not familiar with the regular riders. I think she handled the situation admirably and did exactly the right thing under the circumstances.

[El Gato]

The most important point that I read elsewhere though, is that the bus driver was a SUBSTITUTE driver and not familiar with the regular riders. I think she handled the situation admirably and did exactly the right thing under the circumstances.

Indeed she did. The only thing better would have been if she could have forced them off the bus herself, at gunpoint. But of course being armed would not be PC, and would in fact be in violation of the law. The Israelis arm at least some of their teachers, and I suspect their bus drivers as well.