Wake bus driver accused of slapping kindergartener

[NFS4]

A school bus driver for the Wake County Public School System was suspended Monday after claims that he slapped a special-needs kindergarten student last Friday.

Mark Tourscher says his 5-year-old son, Cory, and another special-needs child were playing on the bus from Wendell Elementary School Friday afternoon when his son threw applesauce at the other boy.

Tourscher says the driver pulled over on the side of the road, got out of the driver’s seat and slapped his son across the face.

“His whole face was just beet red,” Tourscher said. “I asked him what happened, and he burst out crying, saying that the bus driver hit him.”

He took photos of his son’s face, called 911, and operators referred him to the Wake County Sheriff’s Office.

“I was shocked,” Tourscher said. “I've never before heard of a bus driver hitting a child.”

The driver, Ashkenaz Gill, 38, has been suspended with pay, pending the results of internal and criminal investigations, Michael Evans, a spokesman for the school system, said.

“When anything like this happens, we take it very seriously, and we're going to move very quickly on it,” Evans said. “The allegations are disturbing, if nothing else, and we don’t want the bus drivers being portrayed negatively, because there’s a lot of great people out there doing a very difficult job.”

Gill could not be reached for comment Tuesday.

“I absolutely think he needs to be terminated and criminal charges pursued,” Tourscher said. “There's no excuse for it. There's none. (Cory’s) 5.”

Cory has dyspraxia, a form of autism that affects speech and motor skills, his father says, and his capacity to understand and learn is that of a 3-year-old.

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/8598270/

 

[ussfletcher]

Most bus drivers should be riding on the short bus.

 

[Alone]

Fuckin' retards.

 

[NFS4]

Fuckin' retards.

The driver or the kid?





I keed, I keed

 

[BoomerD]

Any bets the driver is going to try to turn this into a cultural/racial issue?

 

[mcmilljb]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lan...-at-bob-hope-airport-thrown-out-by-judge.html

What's with all the applesauce rage?

 

[mugs]

Any bets the driver is going to try to turn this into a cultural/racial issue?

Any bets an ATOT poster will do it first?

Oh wait...

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

School bus drivers are not the brightest bunch but I wonder how many people know why. First, they get paid ~ $8.50 an hour and second, the hiring process takes a minimum of 6 weeks. Now, how many people willing to work for that kind of money can't find another job paying that in 6 weeks?

 

[RocksteadyDotNet]

Busted.

 

[dainthomas]

99% of kids on school buses need to be slapped. Unfortunately this kid was in the 1%.

 

[Malak]

What a savage.

 

[triadmom]

I have been following this story and came across this site. Keep track of the story. Feel sorry for Corey, but not for the bus driver "may" have done to him. It's interesting what an internet search can tell you about people.

 

[Numenorean]

Fuckin' retards.

Reported.

 

[Numenorean]

BTW sounds like the kid deserved it.

 

[olds]

Beet red face not found

 

[olds]

triadmom
:hmm:

 

[Alone]

Reported.

 

[Bateluer]

Beet red face not found

If the picture the OP posted is the picture the parental unit took, then I'm not seeing any redness either.

 

[PottedMeat]

it's called the rick james game

'hey kid, what did the five fingers say to the face?'

 

[Ruptga]

School bus drivers are not the brightest bunch but I wonder how many people know why. First, they get paid ~ $8.50 an hour and second, the hiring process takes a minimum of 6 weeks. Now, how many people willing to work for that kind of money can't find another job paying that in 6 weeks?

That might be the case where you're from.
I worked as one for a year and a half, making between $13 and $15 per hour, making more when I was contracted than when I was simply per hour. They had (and still have) an incredible turnover problem, even with that pay, so the hiring process was pretty short. About a half to a third of the drivers were old-timers and professionals, another third were middle-aged generally good drivers and decent with kids, and the remainder was whoever else they could get in the door (mostly college students). The old timers liked it and they never left, but the other half to two thirds were always coming and going. Most people just aren't cut out for that job. If I heard about this happening around here I'd assume the driver just couldn't handle the bullshit anymore, not that they were mentally deficient.

 

[ch33zw1z]

School bus drivers are not the brightest bunch but I wonder how many people know why. First, they get paid ~ $8.50 an hour and second, the hiring process takes a minimum of 6 weeks. Now, how many people willing to work for that kind of money can't find another job paying that in 6 weeks?

I don't know where you're from, but the drivers where I'm from make WAY more than that and are union employees.

 

[PottedMeat]

The old timers liked it and they never left, but the other half to two thirds were always coming and going. Most people just aren't cut out for that job. If I heard about this happening around here I'd assume the driver just couldn't handle the bullshit anymore, not that they were mentally deficient.

1 hour daycare where you're responsible but can't really watch the kids.

I remember one bus driver in elementary school that was always getting shit thrown at him and was always pissed off. It's like he pulled over every 5 minutes to scream at everyone on the bus. Strangely he lasted a couple weeks. I guess today he'd be fired pretty quick.

 

[Ruptga]

1 hour daycare where you're responsible but can't really watch the kids.

I remember one bus driver in elementary school that was always getting shit thrown at him and was always pissed off. It's like he pulled over every 5 minutes to scream at everyone on the bus. Strangely he lasted a couple weeks. I guess today he'd be fired pretty quick.

Hah, the bolded is so true it's sad, but pulling over every 5 minutes to scream at them is nothing. Those people don't last very long, but not because they get fired. Where I worked you'd only get fired if you got a ticket while on the job or if you actually slapped a kid. I once carried some obstinate elementary brat from the back to the front and I got a "it would be best if you didn't do that," though I only did it once. After being on that route for a little while, I kept reporting the kids but stopped trying to do anything since nothing I was allowed to do worked. Eventually I quit because administration wasn't doing anything about it and I wasn't going to be held responsible if I didn't have the power to take care of my responsibilities.

 

[zinfamous]

Reported.

:thumbsup:

 

[zinfamous]

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2117499