Bus Driver Resigns After Girl Is Molested On Bus

CBS4 ^ | Oct 27, 2006 | Evan Bacon

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(CBS4) HOLLYWOOD Last month, several boys were arrested for assaulting and sexually molesting another student aboard their bus ride home in Hollywood, but what might shock you was the reaction from the school bus driver.

The assault took place in September, when a 14-year-old girl was being transported from Lanier-James Education Center in Hallandale Beach. Four teenage boys on the bus allegedly rubbed up against her, while some held her down to silence her. The incident was caught on the bus' surveillance video system.

The bus driver allegedly did not do a thing about the matter. (snip)

The school board is implementing a policy to dictate how drivers should react to attacks on a bus.

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The school board is implementing a policy to dictate how drivers should react to attacks on a bus

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ School bureaucrats did not provide a safe environment for these children. What would happen if boys molested a 14 year old in a private van, and the parent did nothing to stop it?

It is long past time, that principals and other school bureaucrats were held to the SAME standards for safety as parents. If social workers would be knocking on the door of a parent, then they should be knocking on the doors of these school principals, superintentants, and school employees!

[mickey blue eyes]

was the driver a gutless wonder

[opinionator]

Maybe he was afraid of getting shot?

[TNdandelion]

Did he know the assault was taking place? It says the boys held her down and silenced her. Anyone know those details?

We recently had a bus driver get reprimanded for trying to break up a fight. Their logic in that was she could have been injured and/or a student could have commandeered the school bus.

Apparently, they are supposed to call the school authorities (or police) and wait for assistance. In the mean time, your child is getting beaten to a pulp.

[hosepipe]

[ It is long past time, that principals and other school bureaucrats were held to the SAME standards for safety as parents. ]

What and let the NEA reps get away with providing their cover?...

[pray4liberty]

It is long past time, that principals and other school bureaucrats were held to the SAME standards for safety as parents. If social workers would be knocking on the door of a parent, then they should be knocking on the doors of these school principals, superintentants, and school employees!

Heck school administrators abuse the rights of students and parents all the time and they behave abominably...and get away with it--since they have taxpayer paid attorneys to cover their butts.

I do agree with you though...there should be investigations by social services into this institutionalized abuse. If anyone calls the social workers on a parent, they should make it a policy to go to the school first!

[peeps36]

It wouldn't surprise me if the bus driver was afraid of being sued for putting his hands on the punks.You couldn't pay me enough to drive around with a bus full juvenile delinquents.I could just imagine the uproar it would have caused if a white bus driver put his hands on a black delinquent.

[I'm ALL Right!]

Prayers up for the girl...

[driftdiver]

"Did he know the assault was taking place? It says the boys held her down and silenced her. Anyone know those details?"

From what I've read he thought there was a fight going on. He didn't know that is was a girl getting molested. Does it matter? He ignored a child that needed help.

[MineralMan]

Don't assume. The driver may not have been a man at all. A heckuva lot of school bus drivers are women, some of them in their 50s and 60s.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

Nobody ever raped a .38

[TNdandelion]

And those are the young ones! LOL

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Did he know the assault was taking place? It says the boys held her down and silenced her. Anyone know those details?

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If an assault was taking place and it was not stopped, then this is an unsafe environment for any child. Any parent who would put a child in a school environment like this is incompetent or uncaring. If parents would have social workers knocking on their door for a similar incident, then principals, superintendents, and teachers should have social workers and police knocking on the doors of their offices and classrooms.

If the boys silenced the victim and the bus driver did not know about it then it is an unsafe environment for the victim. The principals, superintendents, and teachers should know this and should be held accountable by having police and social workers asking then very tough questions.

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It wouldn't surprise me if the bus driver was afraid of being sued for putting his hands on the punks.You couldn't pay me enough to drive around with a bus full juvenile delinquents.I could just imagine the uproar it would have caused if a white bus driver put his hands on a black delinquent.

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If the school officials did not provide a cell phone for this bus driver, and teach him how to dial 911, then the principal and school superintendent are negligent.

Again....if a parent who had an incident like this occurring in their van would have police and social workers at the door. If parents would face social worker and police action, then so should school officials.

[Bobibutu]

Bus drivers and others should be armed and authorized to shoot to kill.

This sh*t would stop in a heartbeat!

"An armed society is a polite society"

"Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life."

Robert A. Heinlein

[Bobibutu]

I intentionally walk with my Service Dog (116lb GSD) in areas of conflict. We are talking Moses parting the waters - the thugs move to the other side of the street or far away from us in a park.

That they know we are in the area seems to quiet them down after the initial OH SH*T!

[TNdandelion]

Oh, you won't get any argument from me that a school bus is not a safe environment. I have a family member that works for the local school transportation dept (coordinator). She wouldn't recommend using the bus. LOL

However, you have to take the situation into consideration. Most buses have a single adult who is driving the bus with their back to the students and they will not be able to see everything that is going on. I can't see everything going on in the backseat of my minivan and I only have 2 kids! LOL

I can tell you that in most situations, if an incident occurs on a bus, the driver has been instructed to call it in on the radio and either return to the school so the school officials can address the problem or pull over and wait for a school official or the police to intervene.

Unless the bus is on fire, the driver isn't supposed to leave the driver's area unattended for liability and safety reasons. Sucks....I know.

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Sucks....I know.
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Why are we as a society tolerating this?

If this were to occur in a parent's van, and the parent handled it in this fashion, social workers would be knocking on that parent's door. If this is society's response to a private citizen, then it should be the response to a school official.

We as a society should be asking, "Why are school officials putting our children in a situation that is NOT safe?"

It is NOT safe for one adult bus driver to have his or her back to a bus full of children. These children, are, by the way, unrestrained and without seat belts. The idiots who run our government schools can not figure this out, then they should be charged with child neglect.

There is a simple formula that should be applied to all school safety issues:

If a parent would have social workers and police at the door, then school officials should have police and social workers knocking on their doors asking hard questions.

[RavenATB]

"We as a society should be asking, "Why are school officials putting our children in a situation that is NOT safe?" "

It's not the school officials who are ultimately responsible for putting these children into unsafe situations...it's the parents. Those parents who make the choice to put their kids on a public school bus are rolling the dice. And while they should be outraged that this is happening, they shouldn't be shocked or surprised. This sort of story is common. Assault, including sexual assault, has been common on public school buses for many years...and parents are still putting their kids in the situation.

[Lewite]

I have been in traffic with school buses from Florida. The complete breakdown of civility is at a monstrous level. There is no calm only total breakdown of morality and behavior. They disrespectful language barrages at commuters, especially the elder drivers and passengers. These people a growing up to be animals not citizens.