First Grade Girl....

[DianaB]

Originally Posted by Chandra Amaya

Thank you for understanding & agreeing with me Janet. I was beginning to think I was lost in a time warp where I still thought schools & buses have responsiblity for the kids when no one else seems to. I think I will start a petition & insist that the school board hear me instead of asking. If I don't fight for my kids no one else will.

Chandra, you need to insist that your children sit in the seat behind the bus driver. That way he will be closer to the children to see what is happening. That may help for now, but you really need to find someone who will address this problem. They ARE responsible for your children while they are on the bus!!! Maybe a camera needs to be installed on your bus!!!

[Marilyn]

This whole thread has me upset. I want to adopt that little redheaded girl, Janet. She needs to be out of that environment.

Chandra, I agree with the ladies here, you have to do something to stop them for hurting your children. I'd go to the school board, superintendent, press, or wherever I had to and get something done!!! Diana is right, they need to put cameras on the bus if they have to have proof. I know some districts must use them. I've seen footage on TV of students misbehaving on the school bus. If they continue to get away with bullying the smaller children, they may progress to even worse behavior.

I don't know where our society is headed. Hopefully enough of this new generation have been raised well and can make some improvements to get things back on track. Morality, and I'm not just talking about sexual morality, is getting so bad in our modern world!!!!!

Okay, I'll try to calm down, but we all must to our part to try to make a difference and stop the abuse!!!

[Janet]

I know Marilyn, sometimes I wish I could take her in. The 3 adults in that house are not mentally able to take care of this little girl. Patty was so excited that she found a kitten last year, but they all forgot to feed it and it died. Same thing with a puppy this year. The child welfare and other county offices know all about the situation, yet it remains the same.

We have cameras in our buses. The thing is, I hardly ever have mine turned on. I just don't need it. My kids know I care a great deal about them, but they also know I wouldn't hesitate for a second to be in their face and haul their butts to the office for bad behavior.

You're right Marilyn, it's sad, the world we live in now, but if we could all just DEMAND better of our kids (whether ours or someone else's) everything would be okay for their future. Until we do that....well, all I can say is, I'm glad I won't be around.

[DianaB]

This is a really hard post for me to answer. We had a large 0family that came to church that had ALOT of problems. The father abused everyone. Our church gave them money for transportation to have surgery on one of the boys' hand and the father kept it and never had the surgery done (they had a medical card to pay for the surgery). It was really sad because the boys' hand was unusable. There was sexual abuse too. The stories that I heard would shock you.

I know that our pastor was in contact with SRS and, I think, that they were checking into some things when the family upped and moved to another state. I have a friend who is a distant relative and I know that the abuse continues. The oldest daughter had a baby by her father and the mother has had two babies removed from the home. So sad.

It's hard to sit by and watch these things go on and I don't understand how we can fix it. What kind of life will these kids have when they grow up with this kind of influence around them. All I know is to keep them in our prayers.

[Chandra Amaya]

Originally Posted by Marilyn

This whole thread has me upset. I want to adopt that little redheaded girl, Janet. She needs to be out of that environment.

Chandra, I agree with the ladies here, you have to do something to stop them for hurting your children. I'd go to the school board, superintendent, press, or wherever I had to and get something done!!! Diana is right, they need to put cameras on the bus if they have to have proof. I know some districts must use them. I've seen footage on TV of students misbehaving on the school bus. If they continue to get away with bullying the smaller children, they may progress to even worse behavior.

I don't know where our society is headed. Hopefully enough of this new generation have been raised well and can make some improvements to get things back on track. Morality, and I'm not just talking about sexual morality, is getting so bad in our modern world!!!!!

Okay, I'll try to calm down, but we all must to our part to try to make a difference and stop the abuse!!!

I have asked about cameras but since we have no state tax & budgets for schools are being cut drastically the schools do not have money to install them. I do understand that. I have never thought of going to the press. I just get the run around from the bus supervisor, the school & the school board. Thanks for that idea.