From WZEP news:
Board member Sharon Roberts said they have had two missing children and asked how to keep it from happening again. One child fell asleep on the buss and another was in a different class. Anderson said a missing child is one not supervised, not within the parameters of the security. She said the child in question was safe on the bus, something that has happened many times, even happening to her little brother. With new security measures, a child will not be left on a bus overnight. Anderson said, with the little ones not taking naps and in school for the day, they fall asleep. She said missing would be if a child got off at the wrong place and told the Board there are procedures for that.
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SoWal Expert
Shouldn't the bus driver check the entire bus after the last stop? Or maybe make a few brief stops to walk the bus aisle and make a mental note of the kids and what they are doing and who is still on the bus?
This happens in cities all over the country- I have never understood why it is so hard to make a few brief checks.
I don't consider the child in the different class missing in the traditional sense of the word.
This happens in cities all over the country- I have never understood why it is so hard to make a few brief checks.
I don't consider the child in the different class missing in the traditional sense of the word.
Beach FanaticAuthor
Shouldn't the bus driver check the entire bus after the last stop? Or maybe make a few brief stops to walk the bus aisle and make a mental note of the kids and what they are doing and who is still on the bus?
This happens in cities all over the country- I have never understood why it is so hard to make a few brief checks.
I don't consider the child in the different class missing in the traditional sense of the word.
You would think. My grandfather drove a bus and he got up and walked the whole thing at the end of his route each time.
I agree. The different class is more misplaced.
Beach Lover
My school bus driver for all but the first of my elementary years was Lorraine Morgan. She knew each and every one of us by name and she was driving K-12 students. I fell asleep on the bus every day and she always made sure I got off. I remember her having to go back and drop off students who didn't get off. She was wonderful.
I want to know what kind of accountability is set in place for a bus driver who parks their bus not knowing there is a sleeping child on it. If the school is responsible for your child until they drive away from a bus stop, there should be some sort of disciplinary action taken. I can't even wrap my brain around this one.
I want to know what kind of accountability is set in place for a bus driver who parks their bus not knowing there is a sleeping child on it. If the school is responsible for your child until they drive away from a bus stop, there should be some sort of disciplinary action taken. I can't even wrap my brain around this one.
Beach Fanatic
this must be why those Butler parents on the other thread won't send their children on the bus...certainly agree with them.
Is there any kind of training for bus drivers, Robert? I think they drive much too fast--maybe, they are not paying enough attention to the children either
Is there any kind of training for bus drivers, Robert? I think they drive much too fast--maybe, they are not paying enough attention to the children either
Beach FanaticAuthor
this must be why those Butler parents on the other thread won't send their children on the bus...certainly agree with them.
Is there any kind of training for bus drivers, Robert? I think they drive much too fast--maybe, they are not paying enough attention to the children either
They are supposed to go through a pretty extensive training program but I am not sure what all it entails.
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Beach Fanatic
While I was in elementary school, my bus driver would smoke. Considering what we put her through, I don't blame her one bit.
Beach Fanatic
While I was in elementary school, my bus driver would smoke. Considering what we put her through, I don't blame her one bit.
Was that a dube?
I think they should have a list of every child on their bus and check off as they leave the bus...at least they would not have to physically get up and walk the bus because that is too much like work.:roll:
Beach Fanatic
From what I read in the news the bus was taking children to the SPICE program. How many children were on that bus & why didn't those over the SPICE program not notice the child was not there? The child was not in danger? Fortunately it was only a couple of hours, what if these grandparents were later in picking the child up? Could the child have been left locked in the bus yard? As the grandparent of a child who does participate in the SPICE program I have a lot of questions.
Beach Fanatic
From what I read in the news the bus was taking children to the SPICE program. How many children were on that bus & why didn't those over the SPICE program not notice the child was not there? The child was not in danger? Fortunately it was only a couple of hours, what if these grandparents were later in picking the child up? Could the child have been left locked in the bus yard? As the grandparent of a child who does participate in the SPICE program I have a lot of questions.
My son didn't have to ride a bus to the SPICE program he attended, but if he was absent from school or sick or whatever and I didn't let them know he wasn't coming, either I or my spouse usually got a phone call. Not always, but often - especially when he was younger.
Beach Lover
I also understood from the Superintendent Tuesday that when the bus driver shuts down the bus at the end of their route, a buzzer goes off that can only be disable by the driver physically walking to the back of the bus to the door and turning it off. It is a safety measure to prevent the bus driver from leaving the bus without walking to the back of the bus to make sure no child is "left behind." I know that every year, especially at the beginning of the school year, a child will fall asleep on the bus and ride it to the end of the route or to the bus barn. The parents are then called and the child is either picked up or delilvered to their stop. I really don't know the particulars of this instance this year, but, student safety should always be the drivers' first concern.
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SoWal Expert
I find it much more worrisome that a kid doesn't arrive at their designated after school program and noone notices! A longer ride on the bus is minor, but an after school program that doesn't note which kids arrive isn't doing a very good job of monitoring them IMO.
On the flip side, wasn't a bus driver recently criticized for being a busybody because she tried to make kids get off at their correct stop because they didn't have a note?
On the flip side, wasn't a bus driver recently criticized for being a busybody because she tried to make kids get off at their correct stop because they didn't have a note?
Beach Lover
I find it much more worrisome that a kid doesn't arrive at their designated after school program and noone notices! A longer ride on the bus is minor, but an after school program that doesn't note which kids arrive isn't doing a very good job of monitoring them IMO.
On the flip side, wasn't a bus driver recently criticized for being a busybody because she tried to make kids get off at their correct stop because they didn't have a note?[/quote]
Isn't that policy?
Beach Comber
In regards to Sharon Roberts comment concerning students left on the bus, it sounds like she doesn't bother to check her facts before she spouts off at the meetings, surely the Superintendent could give her that information if she would have just asked. Whenever I have needed information I simply call the Superintendent rather than take it to a board meeting, she has always been available to answer my questions.
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