When the driver noticed the attack, he stopped the bus, and the fight stopped. As he resumed the route, the fight started again. Unable to stop the fight, the driver reported the incident to school officials, who then called the police. When the police arrived the children were arrested and charged with felony battery and disorderly conduct.Judge Frances King decided to release the seven (who the prosecutor said had no prior arrests) to their parents or guardians, and place them on home detention. They are not allowed to contact the other offenders or the victim. All of the students, including the victim, attend Liberty Middle School, and at least one of the seven attackers has been suspended from both school and the bus.
I cringe when I come across stories like this. Violence, malice and pain are things that should never be experienced while on a school bus because the bus should be a place where students don't feel threatened. Best wishes for the injured girl, and I hope that this incident does not keep her from school or school buses for long. As for the other seven, I can only hope that they learned their lesson.
Thank You,
Haleigh
5 comments:
Edited by Matt and Rachel.
Thanks for the hard work you two!
It seems to me that the driver should have done one of two things after the fight first broke out. After stopping, which was the right thing to do, he should have moved the girl being attacked to the very front of the bus, if he thought that would take care of the problem. If he had any idea that this would not stop the attacks, he should have called the police after the first incident.
Very sad. I hope to never be in a similar situation.
This is very sad and I hope the students that were involved learned something from this incident! I also hope that if this driver is ever placed in a similar situation they'd handle things differently.
He resumed the route? I feel lucky to have the support of our office and shop staff who wouldn't want me to continue a route after a fight broke out but instead have the perpetrators removed from the bus. I think this could have been prevented.
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