Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid has told my that their bus driver plays extremely loud Christian music on their bus every day on a Christian radio station that also talks about God/Jesus/the Bible. This is a concern for us as we are not Christian. Considering FCPS is a public school district, is there anything we can do?

Maybe this is an opportunity to teach your kids to be tolerant, inclusive and understand that the world is diverse. In FCPS, people with different religions should have equal opportunity to practice their believes. After all, all FCPS students have to pause their schooling so that some students can celebrate their religious holidays. At least, the bus driver's behavior won't cause learning loss.

Perhaps employees of a public school system could use this as an opportunity to be tolerant, inclusive and understand that the world is more than christians. Changing a radio station to as to not offend everyone else is a very small ask.

but that still leaves the student with a missed opportunity of receiving a valuable lesson in tolerance, which the student needs in their long life ahead even more than the part-time bus driver?
Parenting 101: teach tolerance to your own kid before teaching ways to hate a bus driver for their radio station preference.

I hope the driver quits and all you complainers have to drive your kids to school. It is a hard, underpaid job that no one wants to do. Yet, you find a way to make it worse.

Anonymous wrote:I'd be pissed with loud music playing in the morning - any music. There's your complaint. Who cares what kind of music it is. Call transportation and complain that it isn't safe. Because it isn't.

What is the safety issue?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid has told my that their bus driver plays extremely loud Christian music on their bus every day on a Christian radio station that also talks about God/Jesus/the Bible. This is a concern for us as we are not Christian. Considering FCPS is a public school district, is there anything we can do?

Maybe this is an opportunity to teach your kids to be tolerant, inclusive and understand that the world is diverse. In FCPS, people with different religions should have equal opportunity to practice their believes. After all, all FCPS students have to pause their schooling so that some students can celebrate their religious holidays. At least, the bus driver's behavior won't cause learning loss.

Perhaps employees of a public school system could use this as an opportunity to be tolerant, inclusive and understand that the world is more than christians. Changing a radio station to as to not offend everyone else is a very small ask.

Why should they? It’s a small ask in your mind. Maybe they enjoy listening to music when they drive and it relaxes them from the chaos if during entitled and ungrateful HS to school.

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Anonymous wrote:Teach your kid tolerance.

Really? maybe the bus driver should learn not to impose his view on public school students during his work day.

Yep, this.

Agreed. It’s common sense, but it seems many people lost it and never had it.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid has told my that their bus driver plays extremely loud Christian music on their bus every day on a Christian radio station that also talks about God/Jesus/the Bible. This is a concern for us as we are not Christian. Considering FCPS is a public school district, is there anything we can do?

Maybe this is an opportunity to teach your kids to be tolerant, inclusive and understand that the world is diverse. In FCPS, people with different religions should have equal opportunity to practice their believes. After all, all FCPS students have to pause their schooling so that some students can celebrate their religious holidays. At least, the bus driver's behavior won't cause learning loss.

Perhaps employees of a public school system could use this as an opportunity to be tolerant, inclusive and understand that the world is more than christians. Changing a radio station to as to not offend everyone else is a very small ask.

I don't feel offended. I am not a Christian.

Good for you? Other people were. Do they not matter?

The employed adult working for a school district has the higher burden here, not the child. The adult should behave responsibly and change the station. They are free to listen to religious music basically any other time, but while representing a public school (and getting paid to do so), they should change the station.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid has told my that their bus driver plays extremely loud Christian music on their bus every day on a Christian radio station that also talks about God/Jesus/the Bible. This is a concern for us as we are not Christian. Considering FCPS is a public school district, is there anything we can do?

Maybe this is an opportunity to teach your kids to be tolerant, inclusive and understand that the world is diverse. In FCPS, people with different religions should have equal opportunity to practice their believes. After all, all FCPS students have to pause their schooling so that some students can celebrate their religious holidays. At least, the bus driver's behavior won't cause learning loss.

Perhaps employees of a public school system could use this as an opportunity to be tolerant, inclusive and understand that the world is more than christians. Changing a radio station to as to not offend everyone else is a very small ask.

I don't feel offended. I am not a Christian.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid has told my that their bus driver plays extremely loud Christian music on their bus every day on a Christian radio station that also talks about God/Jesus/the Bible. This is a concern for us as we are not Christian. Considering FCPS is a public school district, is there anything we can do?

Maybe this is an opportunity to teach your kids to be tolerant, inclusive and understand that the world is diverse. In FCPS, people with different religions should have equal opportunity to practice their believes. After all, all FCPS students have to pause their schooling so that some students can celebrate their religious holidays. At least, the bus driver's behavior won't cause learning loss.

Perhaps employees of a public school system could use this as an opportunity to be tolerant, inclusive and understand that the world is more than christians. Changing a radio station to as to not offend everyone else is a very small ask.

Anonymous wrote:My kid has told my that their bus driver plays extremely loud Christian music on their bus every day on a Christian radio station that also talks about God/Jesus/the Bible. This is a concern for us as we are not Christian. Considering FCPS is a public school district, is there anything we can do?

Maybe this is an opportunity to teach your kids to be tolerant, inclusive and understand that the world is diverse. In FCPS, people with different religions should have equal opportunity to practice their believes. After all, all FCPS students have to pause their schooling so that some students can celebrate their religious holidays. At least, the bus driver's behavior won't cause learning loss.

Who is this really bothering? Are your non-Christian kids really this intolerant that they can’t listen to Christian music? I really don’t get why that would make anyone uncomfortable unless they are really really intolerant of other beliefs.

I love music from all religions. It’s fun to listen to.

If the bus driver is sitting there lecturing kids and trying to convert them, that would be a totally different answer from me, but this is kind of ridiculous.

We have a bus driver shortage. Complain about unsafe bus drivers, not ones playing some music.

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Anonymous wrote:This is a public school bus not a Christian school bus. He can listen to his Christian music on his down time when there are no kids loaded.

The school bus is an extension of the school house. Imagine if the principal decided to play Christian or Islamic or Jewish music over the speakers. It is unacceptable any way you look at it.

Again, this is not a Christian private school and the bus driver is an employee of the public school system.

You know damn well all these people calling OP snowflake or otherwise discounting her views because it's against christianity would flip their SH*T if the driver was playing islamic music or prayers. But I'd wager that a muslim or jew would have more self awareness to NOT do that at a public school.

Why are christians always trying to skirt the rules and play victim when called out?

+1. Or imagine the driver was loudly playing an atheist podcast. The phone lines would be on fire

A school that played islam or atheist radio would probably have bomb threats against it from trumpers

It's the same parents who think Young Life is an appropriate extracurricular activity, when it also should not have any public school affiliation.

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Anonymous wrote:Teach your kid tolerance.

Really? maybe the bus driver should learn not to impose his view on public school students during his work day.

Yep, this.

I’m honestly surprised any students can hear whatever music a driver is listening to, especially enough to be offended by it. School buses are LOUD. The chatter, the kids showing TiKToks to each other at full volume, yelling to their friend three rows up, playing their own music, you name it.

OP, I’m with you. Raise your concerns to the principal. She/he can guide you to the appropriate department to escalate.

I'd be pissed with loud music playing in the morning - any music. There's your complaint. Who cares what kind of music it is. Call transportation and complain that it isn't safe. Because it isn't.