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JK
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 Posted - 01/01/2011 : 1:41:59 PM
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School Bus Driver Possibly Violated Policy In 6-Year-Old’s Death
December 30, 2010
The Baltimore Sun
A special needs student died after falling off a moving school bus. Now officials say the bus driver may have violated safety protocols.
Ron Matz reports officials say the bus should not have been moving when the student fell out.
City school leaders say the bus driver should have immediately stopped the bus when Jeremy Jennings Jr. began fighting with another student.
After the fight, the 6-year-old tried to leave the bus through the back door, taking a fatal fall.
According to WJZ’s media partner, The Baltimore Sun, city school leaders are now reviewing protocols for transporting special needs students.
The boy’s family plans to file a lawsuit.
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08 Thomas EF
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Posted - 01/02/2011 : 4:41:43 PM
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Lawsuit? On the grounds of what? "My child got in a fight so he jumped out the back of a moving school bus, now I'm suing the school."
Although, if the driver was aware of the fight, I agree that he should have stopped the bus and carried out whatever procedure they have in place for fights. And the kid was only 6... first grade, and special needs. It's unfortunate that a fight led to such a tragic death of one so young. |
Edited by - 08 Thomas EF on 01/03/2011 12:49:24 PM |
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SteveCof00
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Posted - 01/02/2011 : 8:34:55 PM
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After reading the SBF article on the accident (click here), there's a few details that come out that weren't shown in the newspaper article.
If the student, who was supposed to be strapped in some sort of harness, was busy getting into fights and then running from the front of the bus and then the back (escaping 2 adults and the driver in the process) before he did what he did, then protocol and procedure does indeed some sort of review.
Yes, the bus should have been stopped, but in the real world, that's not going to happen the second a fight breaks out on the bus (and weren't there aides on the bus?). Although the sound of the warning buzzer alone would be enough to scare off most students, an emotionally disturbed child would not think like that, and that's why the back door opened before the bus driver could hit the brakes or he could be pulled back in.
As far as the lawsuit goes...I could see it going either way. Technically, yes, some rules were broken. On the other hand, most students don't need to be restrained for fear of them actually escaping the bus. Would this be part of a typical school bus route? Absolutely not. |
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twinkiebusdriver
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Posted - 01/04/2011 : 7:07:59 PM
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| There are special needs children whose IEP specifies that the child must be placed in a child restraint harness in order to ride the bus. IF the aides did not put the child in that restraint at the beginning of the bus run as they were supposed to each and every day I can see where driver and aides would possibly be liable for the student's death. |
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mr.bluebird
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Posted - 01/05/2011 : 7:40:38 PM
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it sounds very fishy to me how the child was able to jump
out of the bus and no one stoped him when he went for the rear door |
YOUR CHILDS SAFETY IS OUR BUSINESS!!! |
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