[Caramelgal]

OK. I can understand that as a high schooler, she wasn’t supposed to be on the elementary school bus in the first place but she claimed she fell ill on the way to school and was catching a ride back so she could get home.

She was supposed to “call in sick” but if she fell ill on her way, what was she supposed to do? Does this kid have a history of truancy or is this just an isolated and unusual event. There are a lot of unanswered questions here.

"She is in trouble with school because she made the wrong decision,"

Even if she had a lapse of good judgment in being on this bus and not going to school or calling in sick, she sure showed a lot of maturity and common sense in a very dangerous situation and she might have saved lives.

…when the driver fell out of her seat after a turn and hit her head.

This is the question I really want answered. How the heck does a school bus driver make a turn so sudden and so violent that she fell out of her seat? Was she avoiding an accident or just driving too fast and recklessly? Is the bus driver under any sort of investigation?

[metmom]

You’d think if the turn was violent enough to throw the driver out of her seat, the kids in the bus would have been thrown around pretty good, too.

There’s also no mention of consequences to the bus driver. Sure the girl was on the bus, but she couldn’t have gotten on without the bus driver’s permission. She took a chance and asked and it paid for her. The bus driver knows better. Technically, the driver, being the adult, should be the one to take the consequences. The girl wouldn’t be on without her permission.

I’m sure the bus driver was just being nice and doing the girl a favor, too. Girl gets sick on the way to school, bus driver feels sorry for her, figures it won’t do any harm to help her out.

I don’t see this instance as being malicious or provoked; just a series of unfortunate circumstances that could have really ended up more unfortunate.

The school is under no obligation to punish every infraction, just because it has the authority to.

[wintertime]

Does this kid have a history of truancy or is this just an isolated and unusual event.
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Does this prisoner have a history of escaping or is this just and isolated and unusual event.

[dangus]

>> OK. I can understand that as a high schooler, she wasn’t supposed to be on the elementary school bus in the first place but she claimed she fell ill on the way to school and was catching a ride back so she could get home. <<

Once she gets on the bus, she is the responsibility of the school. No need to call in; once she’s on the bus, she’s getting to the school. What bus driver in their right mind would say, “You’re feeling sick so suddenly? Why, sure, I’ll drop you off, alone, away from both home and school!”

She must have gotten to school grounds. And I never would have thought of arriving at the school, and then leaving without checking in with the nurse.