<p>There’s another video on youtube of the bus monitor taken on a different day. In this video she is much more in charge, directing and disciplining the unruly insulting students. My guess is that the viral video was taken on one of the very last days of school and she had just had it. I understand too, from an interview with her, that she had previously reported students and nothing had happened.</p>
<p>Also, I agree with Susan and Alwaysamom that this is not typical middle school behavior.</p>
<p>I have friends with a special-needs child that has been kicked off the bus unless she has her own aide with her, so I have no doubt that the school could kick the students off the bus permanently. It would serve them right. </p>
<p>I had never actually heard of a bus monitor. Around here, it is just the bus driver. We have had kids arrested for sexual assault on the middle school buses, kids suspended for fighting, etc. I think the bus monitor program is something we should be exploring in our community.</p>
<p>These kids should not be on a bus from now on. If they did not learn to appreciate the priviliges, they just have to walk to thier school. Why others on a bus have to be punished being with such morons? Just not fair for the normal kids and adults who have done nothing wrong.</p>
<p>Some Apparently sent sorry notes. What was so horrid is what they said. Hoped her kids killed themselves, one had. </p>
<p>Being unruly is one thing, being viscous and cruel shows how these kids really are. They are bullies. And if my kid was on that bus and hadn’t shared with me what was happening, inwoild be disappointed. I would hope my girls would have reported to me at least so uncoils have followed thru for them.</p>
<p>If the monitor reported and school did nothing, wow, as for the bus driver, well…</p>
<p>We had a bus driver who pulled to the side of the road once and just stopped. Said nothing. Just stopped. It was a powerful moment. Kids were in shock. She then stood up when we finally got quiet and said she would start up again but only when it was safe to do so. Then we sat in silence for ten minutes.</p>
<p>She then reported the whole bus and the next day the principal got on the bus and gave us a huge lecture. She said she knew not everyone was bad, and that if anyone of us felt we needed to talk to her in confidence about the bus, she would be there. It worked. </p>
<p>One time another bus driver turned arou d and went back to the school. Ouch</p>
<p>Sis teaches middle school and the problem of teachers getting decent support from admins for misbehavior is chronic and, considering the admin salaries, completely unjustifiable.</p>
<p>What would you have the bus monitor do that would not get herself into trouble with ‘my kid would never do that’ type parents? Video the little thugs? Would that be legal?</p>
<p>I awoke this morning thinking about this story and feeling like there is something nagging at me about it (aside from the obvious). Can’t put my finger on exactly what it is though. Watched the video again but didn’t key into anything particular.</p>
<p>I agree with those that say "no more bus’ for those kids. I really hope the kids’ parents are mortified…perhaps the parents can “talk” on the drives back and forth to school in the years to come about morals, integrity, kindness and all those things these kids are clearly lacking.</p>
<p>I wonder if any of those kids have grandparents around. I think they should have to watch the video with their grandparents and explain their behavior to them.</p>
<p>I believe some school buses have videos. I seem to recall our district had video cameras, but it has been a while and it may be that I just heard of other districts having them. My kids hated the bus - we live 10 miles out of town at the end of the route, so the were first to be picked up and last to be dropped off. Our bus driver would give a note to parents if their kids misbehaved on the bus. We were the sort of parents where getting in trouble at school meant more trouble at home. But, there are a lot of the “not my kid” parents ot there unfortunately.</p>
<p>Lots of district have cameras. There is a case in the Chicago area now where the special ed bus did not have cameras (outsourced) but the district did, and a bus driver has been accused of molesting twin girls. The school has been sued for this, and many think they will lose because they chose a company that didn’t hold to the same standards.
I know that when they built our new hs, cameras were installed alost everywhere and are used for discipline and given to law enforcement.</p>
<p>Our school district has the video cameras on every bus. I’m not sure that they are all turned on every day, but knowing they are there keeps the bad behavior down. I’ve never heard of a bus monitor either. I’m another person that couldn’t watch the whole video. Three minutes of abuse was my max. I know kids that were kicked off the bus for bad behavior. I didn’t think that was unusual.</p>
<p>These kids punished themselves more than they realized. Somebody suggested that since stuff is staying forever on-line, they might have very hard time much later on in their lives. However, I still say that they have to walk until they start driving, no more bus services, lose priviliges if abuse them, period.</p>
<p>The video was recorded by one of the morons. I like the idea that missypie had to make them watch it with their own grandparents, and if there are none around, go to a senior citizen home and watch it.</p>
<p>^ Huh? Seriously, even SAHM put there kids on a bus where I am from, and they also manage to raise little monsters from time to time. I could just as easily say this is what comes from a home with a father that is not involved, or what happens when entitled kids are allowed to run wild.</p>
<p>"This is what happens when moms don’t stay at home. "
-Kids should know better than that. Moms were not on busses anyway…or assumption is that when mom is at home, then a kid attached to her 24/7 until he drives? I do not think so. Mom cannot be in classroom, mom cannot run with the kid at sport practices, both situation are open very much to bullying by this kid whose mom stays at home.<br>
It comes from the instances when kids are not stopped by a parent who is not treated properly by a kid. Yes, stop them if you feel that they are trying to put you down. Even if it is just your perception. I do not care. I rather apologise later than I was wrong, that I misunderstood, then let the kid potentially put me or somebody else in front of me down.</p>
<p>I had to stop teaching Bible study at church for middle-schoolers, because I was so appalled by how they treated adults. I’m no push over, and these kids were putting their feet on the table, insulting each other, talking back. It was totally astounding. I don’t put up with it, but it’s no fun having to spend an hour trying to enforce behavior that these kids don’t seem to learn at home during the rest of their lives. I just don’t know how school teachers put up with it. </p>
<p>I remember when our kids were small and we’d have to pick them up at some child’s birthday party. All the other parents would stand around calling their kids, and so would I. “It’s time to go home, haydenkid”. She ignored me. “HK, it’s time to go home now.”. She says NO!. Then I calmly just waded into the pack, picked her up under my arm in front of all the kids. No anger, no yelling. Just enforcing the rules. And the other parents were stunned. The next party - the other parents are still “asking” their kids to obey them, and when I say it’s time to go home, my child says Okay Mom. Is that so very hard?</p>