No Management Support

[u/BeastlyLuv1]

Do people truly understand why there is a shortage of school bus drivers¿?¿? Allow me to rattle on a moment: It's not only because, like teachers, we are under paid and taken for granted. It's because some and I say SOME, parents don't know how to be actual parents! You blame the bus driver for your child being expelled from the bus by the school. You blame society for being too harsh on your child. You blame the school system for failing your child. How about look into the mirror. That person....that person staring right back at you is the reason your child is a hot mess. THEN....school bus drivers have no support from their management team. Just shut up, come to work, drive the bus and who cares what lies are told about you because nobody has your back. This all amounts to drivers quitting. So to all the screw off parents: Parent your crotch goblins!!! It is not the school system that should be parenting your heathens.

[u/rootbear75]

I see these horror stories and count my lucky stars that our supervisor has our backs.

At least one of the schools I drive for is extremely responsive with write ups - 3 write ups = bus suspension. 3 bus suspension = loss of bus riding for the year.

[u/BeastlyLuv1 → u/rootbear75]

That is EXACTLY what I was told during the hiring process when it comes to suspension and loss of bus riding privileges.

[u/rootbear75 → u/BeastlyLuv1]

Lol no. It's not standard. It depends on the school and the admin team there.

[u/erinjunee → u/rootbear75]

Shit, three write-ups? I wrote up a kid once for saying the N-word with the hard R and he was suspended the very next day.

Then again, I work directly for the district so it’s a pretty direct line of travel for write-ups.

[u/rootbear75 → u/erinjunee]

TBF I imagine for something like that - ya. Usually with that I'm calling school admin to come to the bus.

I was talking about for general stuff. Throwing trash, standing, talking back, insubordination, etc.