OT: stupid kids on school bus

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They bully a grandmother!!!!

I wrote the school directly here:

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and I was sure to check these boxes: Athena Middle School, Greece Central School District, Business Office, Districtwide, Energy Management, Family Support Center, Mailroom, Support Services, Community Education A snippet, though I am not a wordsmith by any means, feel free to cut and paste: "Something needs to be done about this, immediately. The children's parents need to be notified of such behavior and an appropriate punishment needs to be determined and executed. This video IS going to gain mainstream media attention. I suggest the school and it's authorities take an immediate, strong stance on bullying before anything gets misconstrued. This topic has been heavily covered in recent years by the media and you would do well by this poor woman to stand up for her rights and give her the justice she deserves."

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Noahbuddy
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I'd have said unbehaved, and hostile. Clearly, the kids were out of control. And, if I'd been that monitor, I'd have pounded a couple of the kids for sassing me.

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Reply to
Stormin Mormon

Govt is partially to blame. Too many do gooders preventing parents from properly disciplining their children. The other problem is pompous parents allowing their kids to believe no adult can touch them. I recall when I, and several other parents, hadda stop two policemen from hauling off a working single mother after she did no more than give her daughter a thoroughly deserved spanking --not beating, bludgening, or other form of physical abuse-- for leaving home and wandering off downtown, 5 blocks away. The kid knew the rules and was old enough to know she did wrong.

Kids are more than aware of the sanctions against adults. I had a 6 yr old kid, who was tormenting my 5 yr old daughter, look me square in the eye and tell me, "You touch me and you'll be in jail in 5 minutes"! I was stunned. This was not much later than the policemen and the mother incident. Instead, I went to the kids father and told him to reign in his kid or I was gonna kick his ass (the father ass). Still, kids have little or no respect for adults, these days. You can't expect the school, where you dump yer kid fer 5-7 hrs, to maintain any sort of discipline if you tell the school you'll sue the shit outta them if they lay a hand on yer kid.

Kids are the out of control monsters only because we, as a supposedly enlightened society, have allowed them to be. They must be taught there are consequences to their actions and they WILL be held responsible. A simple five across the eyes will set the tone and deliver the message. ;)

nb

Reply to
notbob

For sure. They are wasting tax money paying with this bus monitor that has no control over the kids. In fact she's not even watching the kids, just sitting there and crying. She should be fired and a responsible person that can take control should be hired. Do they put up with that behavior in the classroom? Why then on the bus.

BTW here there are no bus monitors. But there is a video camera. If the driver has a problem, the culprit is on video and corrective action is taken the next day. From detention to banning from the bus. When parents have to drive their kid to school for a week the problem is usually solved...

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AJL

The value of bus monitors becomes apparent instantly when young children are involved. One starts crying (maybe for no apparent reason) and then the others join in. At that point, only a "mother" will do to settle things down and keep the driver from going nuts.

The woman was bullied. That's wrong.

Tomsic

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Tomsic

School district? No, parents. Problem is that probably should have happened years ago and didn't.

Not all the parents' fault though... A good part but not all. Likely some wanted to punish their kids but I've heard so many horror stories about kids going to the other parent (assuming separated/divorced) and crying "child abuse!" and things just going downhill from there.

Our society is messed up and there are days when I am very glad that I don't have any kids to raise. Today is one of those days.

nate

Reply to
N8N

APPLAUD!!

Very true and well stated.

Reply to
Meanie

Not sure what the job description of a bus monitor is in that jurisdiction, but my understanding of a monitor is to keep order so that the bus driver can concentrate on driving and not be distracted. If that poor grandma was bullied by grade school kids then IMO she is not qualified for that job. Further her inability to do her job is dangerous since it does allow the driver to be distracted...

Did you really watch the same video I did? Touching the quivering grandma was an assault? A 7th grader's bravado was a credible threat?? Give me a break. That situation could easily be cleaned up with the proper discipline (and not some of the ridiculous things suggested here either).

Hopefully nothing. The PD should not even be involved in such a petty situation. This is a school responsibility. I'd start with hiring a qualified monitor, post the rules with penalties, and stick to it.

Most of the parents I know would take care of it pronto. Likely they had no idea what was going on. And if they don't want to cooperate, as I said stick to the rules/dicipline. My suggestion: Warning>school detention>banned from bus>banned from school.

Reply to
AJL

I'm rather fond of Klingon pain sticks as a means of adolescent behavior control. Do phasers have a "Sting" setting? ^_^

TDD

Reply to
The Daring Dufas

and here we have the real problem...the kids are such a PITA that a monitor has to protect the driver. Put cameras in the bus, any kid that distracts the driver gets one warning and then no more bus rides for him/her. simple, cost effective and ultimately safer for all concerned

Reply to
Malcom "Mal" Reynolds

That's what I said 2 of my posts back. That's exactly what they do here...

Reply to
AJL

It's illegal to make threats here too. But police don't usually book

7th graders for school ground fights. They let the schools handle it which is as it should be. Likewise on a school bus.
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AJL

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Anybody remember TV news of 6 y/o being cuffed by police for assaulting a teacher? Don't blame the victim....if she is a monitor, that may be her only authority until she can report offenses. Driver has a radio? Stop the bus? Then we have 30 parents calling up the school to complain about their kid being late. Any word of police involvement where this happened? I'm sure it isn't over yet.

Reply to
Norminn

No one has the authority or ability to do anything these days. We had no bus monitors in the past, the driver would just yell at a kid and that would end it.

When I was in high school, (in Philly in the 1960's) they had public transportation buses waiting for us. Sometimes the guys on the back of the bus would smoke. This was a packed bus, standing in the aisle. The driver just drove to the end of his route, no stops along the way. At the end of his route he opened the door and walked off.

We knew what the problem was, we had to now find our own way home. No parents complained or whined that Johnny was punished. It worked with not a word spoken. Today, there would be law suites, protests, parent marching, police, kids traumatized and in need of therapy, etc.

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Ed Pawlowski

From what I've been hearing, the monitor did none of the things to defend herself, or restore order. I've also heard that she is declining to press charges. Makes me wonder if someone "tested his limits" and found out she's a push over. And, so they pressed harder and harder until this incident?

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Agree with you. I said similar in another post. The kids are dispicable, need to be punished and should be banned from the bus for some period. But the whole purpose of a monitor is to keep order on the bus. I did not see any attempt to assert order on the bus. Where was the , "Sit down. One more word out of you and this bus is going back to the school where your parents will pick you up in the principal's office!"

Another option if she couldn't control them would be to have the bus driver proceed to the nearest police station, or call police on a cell phone. If she can't handle rude kids, what good would she be in a real emergency?

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Stormin Mormon

I never have understood the mind of a superintendent. One of the area schools had a senior prank where they got a key from one of the parents (who was a school board member) and went in decorated the school in Post it notes. These people (and the janitor who was working at the time) were summarily suspended (the janitor was fired). But hey, they can't do anything about bullying or this kind of shit on the bus?

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Kurt Ullman

Police needed for simple school discipline? Except for "real" criminal activity: Guns, knives, drugs ect. why bother the police? If the school administration (and individual employees) can't handle the kids on their own they should be replaced with someone who can...

Reply to
AJL

I read about that....the artwork, done all in post-it notes, was darn creative. Still can't believe a school board member let the kids into the school after hours. Feel sorry for the janitor, who thought the artwork rather impressive....tell a school board member to get out of the school or stand and watch.

In a school district where the miscreants use guns and knives often, then some offensive language is probably a "good day" :o)

Reply to
Norminn

Perhaps but that doesn't absolve the kids of assault (which is a matter for the police).

Reply to
krw

The 'assault' in this case involved *lightly touching* a school bus monitor. A simple stern "stop that' from the monitor would have stopped it. Then the prescribed punishment for the unwanted touching of a school employee should have been employed to stop future violations and to deter others. Instead she just sat there and cried not even acknowledging the touch. A very sad monitor indeed.

(Well, maybe not so sad as she is now apparently a very rich woman.)

Yes there are times police are needed for a school assault report. Examples might be punching a teacher or a serious injury to a student. But I would estimate that there are many crimes committed on the school grounds every day from stealing lunch money to minor student assaults that are much better handled by the school administration.

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AJL

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