Westland bus incident

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is pretty obvious it was taped by one of the students, not the mom! People are weird for jumping on her, as if she was entrapping him.

Not so weird ..... Moms are bitches, don’t you know? Or we’re crazy emotional women protecting our special snowflakes. We can’t stand when our children are punished, and we’ll do anything to protect them from accountability so we can get our kid (who’s actually dumber than a rock) into Harvard.

It’s not weird; it’s more of the misogyny we live with daily.

MCPS has this perspective woven throughout it’s system. Complaints by Moms are never taken seriously no matter where in the system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, kids are awful on the bus. I’m a school counselor and there are some who bully others horribly. All the more reason the bus driver should be modeling civility for them. They should be trained to deescalate, not tell kids to F off. That mom might have overstepped, but she was being protective of her kid and her neighbors’ kids, and I understand that impulse. Especially if MCPS had blown off her concerns. There’s so much abuse of power these days in general that everyone should be working double time to protect those who have less power. If that sometimes means overstepping, so be it.

My son is off at college now, but when he was in middle school, I remember very clearly that if he missed his regular bus, I would suggest that I drive him to the next corner, where he could catch a later bus, but he was adamant about not taking that bus. I found out eventually it was because of bullying.

Nevertheless, any behavior by kids on the bus NEVER justifies a driver to use the F word. This guy clearly has anger issues and should be fired.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ugh. Entitled middle age, white ladies are the worst. There are still kids on the bus who need to be dropped off and she is impeding their progress. But in her mind she is special so gets to decide to hold up the bus. If she weren't white, the police would have been called and the person would have been arrested for trespassing or disorderly conduct.

This, a billion times

Yes.

I feel bad for the driver. I would have anger management issues too if I drove a bunch of middle school students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So for those of you standing up for the bus driver, what do you think of the video of the driver telling the kids to F off?

That happened. MCPS didn’t do anything after multiple reports.

Honestly, this is another instance in which parents should file suit against MCPS.

Oh, please! And you wonder why the school system does not have enough money? It’s constantly being sued by entitled parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ugh. Entitled middle age, white ladies are the worst. There are still kids on the bus who need to be dropped off and she is impeding their progress. But in her mind she is special so gets to decide to hold up the bus. If she weren't white, the police would have been called and the person would have been arrested for trespassing or disorderly conduct.

This, a billion times

Yes.

I feel bad for the driver. I would have anger management issues too if I drove a bunch of middle school students.

Exactly. You can clearly see the kids are standing, being disrespectful, and so on. I saw other videos shared by neighborhood parents, and of course there was online discussion. NO ONE brought up the issues with the kids’ behaviors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A middle school parent went on the bus to ask about the temperature? How ridiculous. If she had a concern she should have raised it with the bus depot. A quick note to the principal would have given her the correct contact info. Instead, she aggressively goes on a middle school bus and films the driver and students. She is no better than the driver and should both be banned from the bus.

Completely ridiculous that parent took the snooty tone to complain about the heat on the bus. All she had to do was to tell her kid if he did not like the heat, choose another seat! Everyone knows that the buses have a few seats with the heater located under the seats and those seats are always more warm when the heat is on. So sad that parents do this!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ugh. Entitled middle age, white ladies are the worst. There are still kids on the bus who need to be dropped off and she is impeding their progress. But in her mind she is special so gets to decide to hold up the bus. If she weren't white, the police would have been called and the person would have been arrested for trespassing or disorderly conduct.

This, a billion times

Yes.

I feel bad for the driver. I would have anger management issues too if I drove a bunch of middle school students.

Exactly. You can clearly see the kids are standing, being disrespectful, and so on. I saw other videos shared by neighborhood parents, and of course there was online discussion. NO ONE brought up the issues with the kids’ behaviors.

AGREE! I have heard for years about these 8th grade boys at Westland who as a rite of passage claim the back seats and act like jerks back there. The bus drivers are actually under a lot of pressure to keep their bus schedules while driving in the most horrid traffic circumstances. What those parents really need to do is to teach their children to be good citizens of their school and community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So for those of you standing up for the bus driver, what do you think of the video of the driver telling the kids to F off?

That happened. MCPS didn’t do anything after multiple reports.

Honestly, this is another instance in which parents should file suit against MCPS.

Yup, exactly. I posted the link earlier...but here it is again https://wjla.com/news/local/mcps-bus-driver-caught-on-camera-telling-students-to-fu-off-reassigned-to-new-route?fbclid=IwAR3eL0Yo3mfJnLfohR0rDTTUrzus3eJoVqeB4QEffsYtYZOCWfYAjIo1w8A

It's wacky how many people are defending this deranged person who should not be behind the wheel.

WRONG. People know what’s really behind this video that shows a limited context of what that bus driver endures from those horrid boys.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ugh. Entitled middle age, white ladies are the worst. There are still kids on the bus who need to be dropped off and she is impeding their progress. But in her mind she is special so gets to decide to hold up the bus. If she weren't white, the police would have been called and the person would have been arrested for trespassing or disorderly conduct.

True. So True!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A middle school parent went on the bus to ask about the temperature? How ridiculous. If she had a concern she should have raised it with the bus depot. A quick note to the principal would have given her the correct contact info. Instead, she aggressively goes on a middle school bus and films the driver and students. She is no better than the driver and should both be banned from the bus.

The driver apparently has a history of being super angry. He should not be driving kids around.

not true at all. He has other routes where the parents support him. He has had to put up with these bullying boys and their mom. Also, what 8th grade kid goes home to complain about the heat on the bus. I mean really. The fact that this boy went home and actually told him mom that the heat was too hot? And why did she not simply tell him to pick a seat without the heater if he does not like the seat??? How does she help her child by forcing her way onto the bus to demand to know why the bus is so warm??? She probably sets up all his play dates, gets him on the school play, and fights for his grades too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Me thinks a bunch of MCPS bureaucrats are here venting against all the parents -- the people they work for. Just suck it up. You work with many many nutcases and we moms need to keep you all in line. Good for that mom for standing up to that loony.

this post is just so EXTRA. Paranoid much?

[Anonymous]

This is like our own version of Kidz Bob Karen.

[Anonymous]

Is the road rage, cursing, yelling bus driver still employed by MCPS and driving kids?

This is my biggest concern. Why on earth would MCPS ignore the liability of someone with anger control issues operating a school bus full of kids? Cursing and screaming at 11 year olds is bad enough but people with road rage get into accidents.

I get that Derek Turner would prefer to hide this to avoid bad PR but MCPS does have a legal department. The lawyers should be freaking out that there are documented complaints about this driver's anger issues and he's still on the job. If he gets into an accident, the liability for MCPS is huge now.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ugh. Entitled middle age, white ladies are the worst. There are still kids on the bus who need to be dropped off and she is impeding their progress. But in her mind she is special so gets to decide to hold up the bus. If she weren't white, the police would have been called and the person would have been arrested for trespassing or disorderly conduct.

This, a billion times

Yes.

I feel bad for the driver. I would have anger management issues too if I drove a bunch of middle school students.

Exactly. You can clearly see the kids are standing, being disrespectful, and so on. I saw other videos shared by neighborhood parents, and of course there was online discussion. NO ONE brought up the issues with the kids’ behaviors.

AGREE! I have heard for years about these 8th grade boys at Westland who as a rite of passage claim the back seats and act like jerks back there. The bus drivers are actually under a lot of pressure to keep their bus schedules while driving in the most horrid traffic circumstances. What those parents really need to do is to teach their children to be good citizens of their school and community.

+1 Same issues with 8th graders on our Pyle route. Maybe it is because they are being raised by You Tubers the parents never watch.

[Anonymous]

Props to the mom for being every stereotype of Bethesda White Mom. Thin, white (obviously), deceptively calm voice, hands clasped, passive-aggressive approach, calmly refusing to follow the driver's instructions, baiting him to erupt, ignoring the driver's response and instead repeating her ridiculous question (why is it so hot on here?). Well done.