I'm so stressed!

[Gina]

Originally Posted by Janet

Okay now, just hold on a minute.....

Really though you're right and nothing makes me madder than making out a grocery list and leaving it on the bar at home. I never remember a darn thing that's on it. LOLOL

I hear you girlfriend!! lol

[magnolia]

Carolyn,

I totally understand your frustrations with the incident on the bus! Several years ago, when TJ was in the 3rd grade, he rode the bus each day to and from school. Not too long into the school year, this one particular kid would "wait" for him on the bus and once it got going, he'd hold TJ down in the seat and punch him in the nose. After the first incident, I went to the bus driver (we are NOT fortunate to have such great drivers here as Janet). She said she'd check into it. The next day, same thing! This time, I went to the principle of the school and he said he'd check into it. So here we are on day 3 of the week and yep, you guessed it, same freaking thing happened! This time, I took further action - I called the superintendant of buses and I contacted the administrative offices of our school district to report both the bus driver, the principle, and the child who was doing this to TJ. I then pulled him off the bus and began taking him to school each morning and picking him up in the afternoons - and have been doing that ever since and he's in the 10th grade now! With his ADD and Dyslexia (and his immaturity), he used to constantly get bullied and picked on. I couldn't, with a clear conscience, subject him to that on a school bus - he was upset in the morning wondering if the kid was going to "get him" then and then worrying about it all day cause he knew he had to ride the bus home in the afternoon. Once I began to take him and pick him up, his grades picked back up - he was not worried about that anymore! I realize the solution to remove him from the bus does not work in all situations but for me, I felt it was the only solution I had.

Janet - if you ever want to move down here and teach these bus drivers a thing or two, you can stay with me If TJ had had a bus driver as caring as you are for the safety and well being of all the students on the bus, I would have left him on there! God bless you for what you do!

[Janet]

You know, in all seriousness, I would love to hold some kind of training session for bus drivers. There are some really good ones out there, but then you have the ones that just don't really care. That saddens me. Sometimes the bus driver is the only one saying "Good Morning," or Have a great weekend or evening," before they go home to a crappy situation.

I'm going to start another thread about something that happened and now there is the possibility I could lose my job.

[Janet]

Carolyn...how are things going with the new bus driver. Hope things are going better.

[Carolyn]

Thanks Suzi and I'm glad to hear that TJ is doing better now. What ever happened after you contacted superintendant and the school district?

No child should have to go to school in fear and I will do whatever it takes so it doesn't happen to my kids! The boy was on the bus Friday and my son said nothing happened. Hopefully for everyone's sake it stays this way!

Originally Posted by magnolia

Carolyn,

I totally understand your frustrations with the incident on the bus! Several years ago, when TJ was in the 3rd grade, he rode the bus each day to and from school. Not too long into the school year, this one particular kid would "wait" for him on the bus and once it got going, he'd hold TJ down in the seat and punch him in the nose. After the first incident, I went to the bus driver (we are NOT fortunate to have such great drivers here as Janet). She said she'd check into it. The next day, same thing! This time, I went to the principle of the school and he said he'd check into it. So here we are on day 3 of the week and yep, you guessed it, same freaking thing happened! This time, I took further action - I called the superintendant of buses and I contacted the administrative offices of our school district to report both the bus driver, the principle, and the child who was doing this to TJ. I then pulled him off the bus and began taking him to school each morning and picking him up in the afternoons - and have been doing that ever since and he's in the 10th grade now! With his ADD and Dyslexia (and his immaturity), he used to constantly get bullied and picked on. I couldn't, with a clear conscience, subject him to that on a school bus - he was upset in the morning wondering if the kid was going to "get him" then and then worrying about it all day cause he knew he had to ride the bus home in the afternoon. Once I began to take him and pick him up, his grades picked back up - he was not worried about that anymore! I realize the solution to remove him from the bus does not work in all situations but for me, I felt it was the only solution I had.

Janet - if you ever want to move down here and teach these bus drivers a thing or two, you can stay with me If TJ had had a bus driver as caring as you are for the safety and well being of all the students on the bus, I would have left him on there! God bless you for what you do!