Posted on 03/12/2019 12:45:05 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
Tristan King yelled at administrators at Norton Elementary School in Snellville, Ga., in a Feb. 28 Facebook video because the school bus left behind his kindergartner, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
“After them losing our daughter for the third time this year,” King wrote alongside the 6-minute 39-second video with 1.8 million views.
“If you have adults all through the hallway, how did it happen for the third time?” the father said angrily to a female official and the assistant principal, Anthony Williams. “The first time I was calm, I was understanding. … The second time, I was mad but I let it go. The third time, my son called me from the bus, crying, screaming that he doesn’t know where his sister is.”
The girl’s mother said, “My son told them to stop — he said, ‘Don’t pull off, I cannot leave without my sister,’” but she says the driver was given orders to leave anyway.
The school official said, “That’s transportation, that’s separate,” but the father argued, “You’re responsible — I release my child to get on your bus to come to your school. Until my child makes it home through my door, you’re responsible for my child.”
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I don't know who is more stupid. The school or the parent.
In this case it’s the school. You turn your child over to the school per law and the school is responsible to see that child is returned. For the school to put off the blame on the bus system is passing the buck - for the school three times to put that child in harms way is pure criminal.
“Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action”
Ian Fleming
Summary: Irate dad meets fat slob union employees who are full of excuses and don’t give a rat’s rectum.
I think I might have the son lend some assistance to his sister, but yeah, the school needs to do more here.
How about let them walk to school. Maybe with the other child? Barring that drive them to school, barring that car pool.
Bingo.
Obviously the 1st 2nd times calm language did not work, now the Father used foul language and got action. Seems appropriate to me.
Not sure how the school is even passing the buck? At least where I live, the school and the bus are both owned by the School District. Them saying they are not responsible is kinda like saying my right hand didn’t flip you off, my left one did.
When my younger daughter was in elementary school the bus driver let her off at the wrong stop. She had to walk about a mile of semi-familiar terrain to get home.
I called the school, who attempted to “handle” me by acting dismissive about the incident. I quietly explained that this would NEVER happen again because if it did the bus driver wouldn’t need to find another job.
The principle asked, “Are you threatening her?”
I replied, “Take it how you wish. Just understand that the more casually you treat this, the more seriously I’ll treat you.”
“No controlling legal authority.”
Yep.
You put a 5 year-old on a bus by themselves.....
“Just understand that the more casually you treat this, the more seriously I’ll treat you.”
I’m stealing this. It’s gold. Thanks, btw.
Parent is legally correct—schools assume responsibility for the child until back with parent. Parent is morally correct because the school takes the child and then exercises control over the child until end of the day.
When I was a pup and rode the bus, the student was responsible for getting themselves on and off the bus at the appointed time. If that didn't happen for whatever reason, the student reported to the school office who would call your parents to arrange pick up or, if you were old enough (usually 3rd grade or above) and within distance, you'd walk home.
There are important facts missing here.
END PUBLIC EDUCATION
Then we can assume that you're not a parent? And if you are, that you're a lousy parent?
The school is responsible from the time the child sets foot on the bus in the morning to the time he/she steps off the bus in the afternoon.
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