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Bus driver and parent report late‑February route incident; raise concerns about student misbehavior and communication
Summary
A transportation specialist and a parent told the board about a Feb. 3 bus incident that included unruly student behavior, threats to a driver and long route delays. Speakers called for better substitute driver capacity, clearer incident communication and tools to protect student privacy while showing video evidence to parents.
Two members of the public described a Feb. 3 incident on a district bus that left some students late to reach home, raised safety concerns among drivers and prompted calls for better substitute coverage and clearer communication from the district.
Jeannie Workman, the district’s transportation specialist, told the board she often fills in as a substitute driver and that, as of the meeting, the district had only one substitute driver available. Speaking during the public comment period, Workman described “one of the most unsafe driving conditions” she has experienced: students repeatedly leaving their seats and approaching the driver while the bus traveled on Highway 50 in high winds. Workman said she repeatedly told students to remain seated and that the behavior persisted.
Workman reported being threatened during the ride; she said one eleventh‑grade student — whom she said she knew — allegedly yelled threats and obscenities, and that she later learned the student “said, ‘I will dump a bag on this hoe if I ever see her on the street,’ and ‘would slash my tires if he ever saw me at Walmart,’” (verbatim as quoted to the board by Workman).
A parent, Ariana Saunders, also spoke. Saunders said her family is part of the district’s students‑in‑transition program and described delayed routes on the same Feb. 3 run. She said one student called a parent crying and that another student soiled himself while waiting to be picked up; Saunders said district messaging about the incident “did not cover what fully had happened” and “was just solely blamed on the weather.”
Saunders suggested the district explore a “privacy protection blurring tool” for bus video so parents could see student behavior without exposing other students’ identities. Both speakers asked the district to examine substitute coverage, communications to families, and student behavior protocols.
Superintendent Parsons and district staff acknowledged the concerns during the meeting and said they would follow up. No policy or disciplinary actions were taken during the meeting; trustees and staff encouraged members of the public to submit full incident details to district administration for investigation and potential next steps.
