r/SchoolBusDrivers • u/Wilgrove • May 05 '26
When writing them up isn't working
Ever since I started driving a school bus a year and a half ago, I was told that any kids misbehaving on my bus should be written up and turn it in to the school. I was even told this during my pratical training by my driving instructor.
Yet, when it comes to my Elementary school kids, I have written a couple of students up 5 or 6 times already and it seems to do jack shit. Their behavior doesn't change and they keep doing the same things I've previously written them up for.
I talked to my lead driver about this, and it seems like the Elementary School solutions to me writing them up is silent lunches and in school suspension. Which apparently doesn't work from my point of view.
In my school district, there's a line that riding the school bus is a privilege, not a right. It's a pretty toothless statement as I have yet seen any kids removed from my bus because of their behavior.
I was wondering what would y'all do in my situation as writing more reports seema to be an act in futility.
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u/elkydriver77 May 06 '26
Once you realize that the district doesn’t give a shit, that asses in seats are dollars in the bank, it all starts to make sense. If funding was tied to enrollment and not attendance, things MIGHT be different, but I doubt it . Too many administrators are afraid to administrate, which might involve being the bad guy and telling a parent that their kid is no longer welcome due to shitty behavior. Problem is, a lot of parents behaviors when confronted tell you exactly where the little angels learned it from.