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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"If the school thinks the child is a danger they can make arrangements for a different transportation arrangement or a different school altogether. But they didn't. If they made the wrong determination, that's the fault of MCPS."

Except making different transportation arrangements costs money so someone has to make the call when enough is enough because there will never be enough money, even in MC.[/quote]

So you're saying that the MCPS made the determination that the kid isn't dangerous enough for MCPS to bother spending a negligible amount to transport him in a different way?   Again, if that's the case, MCPS is at at fault, because a lawsuit such as this one is going to cost far more money than a special transportation arrangement.[/quote]

What do you consider a "negligible amount"? You have no idea how expensive it to provide door to door / school to home transportation for 200 school days (the student probably gets extended school year). It is so hard to know what is going on with a nonverbal student. Maybe he had an ear infection and was getting carsick? Maybe his stomach hurt? Maybe he didn't get his favorite breakfast?  Since there is no evidence the bus driver and aide call the police regularly, it probably was an emergency situation. What were they supposed to do? If they didn't call and the student started attacking other students, jumped out of the bus and ran into traffic it would also be their fault. It is a no win situation. [/quote]

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