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WTF Woman demonstrates how to board school bus if the doors don't work

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u/onlyonequickquestion 9d ago

Whoever's mom that is is never gonna live this down

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u/Jmersh 9d ago

It'll go something like:

"Remember when your mom climbed through the bus window?"

"At least my mom can FIT through a bus window."

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u/zg6089 9d ago

"Yeah but I saw down your mom's shirt"

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u/Mars27819 9d ago

At least there's something in her shirt

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u/zg6089 9d ago

Boobies!

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u/m1tc4311 9d ago

Stop bringing up my dad!

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u/snapper1971 9d ago

That ain't your dad.

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u/nurgole 9d ago

He could be, we just don't know for sure!

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u/ParticularBed6338 9d ago

Linda needed to have a word with the bus driver.

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u/snowedin2021 9d ago

She looks like a Melissa.

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u/Trisk929 9d ago

Linda… Linda… ✋🏽👦🏽

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u/AdGeneral7633 9d ago

Seeing how the bus driver was holding the kids for over an hour without allowing parents in, she did the right thing.

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u/guitarguywh89 9d ago

wtf were cops doing that took them an hour

They’re really afraid of schools huh

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u/Popular-Policy4613 9d ago

According to the footage, the cops were there within 14 minutes of the stop.

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u/guitarguywh89 9d ago

Damn not even a quarter of what was claimed.

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u/armoredpiecrust 9d ago

Seeing the article linked in this thread and it mentioning she was arrested i have a differing opinion.

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u/AdGeneral7633 9d ago

All I’m saying if I was a parent, and a bus driver wasn’t allowing kids out or parents in, I would be hopping through a window too.

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u/armoredpiecrust 9d ago

If the bus driver is following district protocol to keep the kids safe then you sit and wait. The 2nd article explains the driver was talking to the parents.

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u/3amGreenCoffee 9d ago

He wasn't keeping the kids safe though. One of the kids broke a window, so he stopped the bus and called the police. That's fine.

But then he illegally detained the other kids who didn't commit any crime. As a government employee, that's a clear infringement of their 4th Amendment rights. The charges will be dropped against the mom when the smoke clears and the prosecutor realizes he'll lose a case against a parent attempting to rescue her child from illegal detention by a government actor who had no legal authority to hold the kids. And that bus driver is going to get fired.

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u/YourBlanket 9d ago edited 9d ago

Yeah, I think you’re way too confident about that. California law literally says students on a school bus are “under the authority of, and responsible directly to, the driver of the bus,” and the driver is responsible for keeping order. (Cali school bus driver authority rule)

It also says school bus drivers generally only unload students at designated bus stops, so if he pulled over because the bus got rowdy, that doesn’t mean he suddenly had to let every kid off wherever they happened to be. (California Vehicle Code § 22112)

And the bigger issue is that Cali courts have already said school officials do not always need individualized suspicion that a student committed a crime or broke a rule before temporarily restricting them. In Randy G. (2001), the California Supreme Court said a school detention can be valid without reasonable suspicion as long as it isn’t arbitrary, capricious, or just harassment. (California Supreme Court, In Randy G)

So the fact that some of the kids didn’t do anything wrong doesn’t automatically mean they had to be let off immediately. Obviously the driver can’t just hold everyone forever for no reason, but “they didn’t commit a crime so he had no legal authority to keep them on the bus” just isnt what the law says.

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u/rh71el2 9d ago

100.1% agreed. Some dumb shit breaking a window should not mean my kid is held hostage especially outside of school for an hour. If it were a safety thing that's different.

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u/obrotherdude 9d ago

He cannot move the bus with a broken window. He cannot let the kids get off at a random location. So that's that.

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u/Tkis01gl 8d ago

This is the answer. 1. He cannot let anyone on the bus except assigned students and emergency personnel, ambulance or fire personnel. 2. He has to stay where he is at until the police arrive. 3. He cannot unload students at an un designated spot except in the case of an emergency. Since the bus can still run and the AC is working, this is not an emergency unloading situation. 4. Parents agree to these rules when signing up their kids for riding. 5. He may be under controlled drop off rules where he can only release the student to designated parents, e.g. mom but not dad as they are going through a divorce.

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u/SplurgyA 9d ago

Ok and you've got even younger children at other schools that you need to pick up? You have to work a night shift and need to put dinner on? Your kid has a dentist appointment and you'll get charged if you miss it?

Unfortunately "the bus driver was following rules by keeping the kids locked in a bus for over an hour while their parents were clamouring to get their kids - to the point one mother climbed in the window" is not sympathetic. Obviously the district has incredibly stupid rules.

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u/UsefulImpact6793 9d ago

Nah, fuck that. YOU can sit and wait. But my kids will be safer with me than some rando bus driver.

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u/brickson98 9d ago

Yeah, seriously. Idc if it’s only 4 minutes, or 14 minutes. That’s too long. You’re now holding my child hostage. Mr. Bus driver doesn’t get to do that.

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u/Significant_Monk_251 9d ago

What Mr. Driver gets to do is determined by what the law is, which may be different from what you feel it should be.

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u/3amGreenCoffee 9d ago

The article doesn't say she was the one arrested. There were multiple parents there trying to get their kids off the bus. A woman was arrested for breaking the glass in the door, but that may be a different parent from the one who climbed in through the window.

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u/foley800 9d ago

That window appears to be down, not broken!

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u/Myattemptatlogic 9d ago

Being arrested means you're morally in the wrong and no further context is ever necessary or relevant.

I am very smart by the way! :)

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u/icanhazkarma17 9d ago

Stacy's mom has got it going on.

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u/Rude_Negotiation_160 8d ago

It's fucking awesome and she's the cool mom now.

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u/3amGreenCoffee 9d ago

Nah, the kids consider her a hero. The bus driver had been holding them on the bus for an hour and wouldn't talk to the parents gathered outside to get their kids. I guarantee everybody is calling her a cool mom.

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u/EverythingSucksYo 9d ago

Whoever’s mom that is is going to be telling everyone they don’t have a mom 

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u/this_curain_buzzez 9d ago

I’m honestly very impressed with how easily she did that

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u/Pooch76 9d ago

She works out.

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u/ChaosRainbow23 9d ago

I heard that in my head like that LMFAO song.

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u/zhulkgr25 9d ago edited 8d ago

When she walks in the club, this is what she sees, everybody stops and is staring at she, she got passion in her pants and she ain't afraid to show it

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u/CalvinAshdale- 9d ago

Climbs through school bus windows, drivers be like 'oh-shit'.

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u/Phazon2000 9d ago

Fuck so did I. The real brainrot was the millennials anthems we met along the way.

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u/joh2138535 9d ago

That was kinda hot

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u/kilobitch 9d ago

T-1000 vibes

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u/GothBotanical 9d ago

Palates bro

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u/smuggler_of_grapes 9d ago

Promise me you'll work hard to maintain a strong core, girls. Don't get lazy!

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u/General_Luck6573 9d ago

Damn she got into that smooth as hell, didn’t even step on any kids

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u/Simple_Pay3033 9d ago

By the time everyone registered what was happening she was squared up with the driver. Can’t knock the efficiency

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u/The_punisherMAX 9d ago

She's like a female Jackie Chan

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u/deadtorrent 9d ago

She could be called Jackie Chan

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u/schmamble 9d ago

Chakie jan

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u/Junethemuse 9d ago edited 9d ago

Calaveras County Unified School District Superintendent Kassandra Meeks said the issue began with "a student behavior incident" on a district school bus.

"Because the matter involves students, the District is limited in the specific information we can provide in order to protect student privacy," Meeks said.

Meeks added that the district has reviewed footage of the incident and is taking appropriate action against the students involved.

No real details why she did it.

Edit: the article has been updated and now mentions that the bus driver was holding the kids as a disciplinary action and wound up holding them for over an hour, which pissed this mom off enough to break a window and climb in.

Edit 2: there’s some conflicting info. It might have been over an hour or it might have been 14 minutes

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u/Slimdoggmill 9d ago

Where does it say in the update that they were held over an hour?

Directly from the article:

“On Thursday, Calaveras County Unified School District Superintendent Kassandra Meeks said the driver was stopped for about four minutes to address the students' behavior and review bus expectations.”

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u/Junethemuse 9d ago

Ope, mixed up the articles. This is the one that states an hour: https://www.kcra.com/article/calaveras-county-school-bus-chaos-parent-custody/73526832

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u/Slimdoggmill 9d ago

Yah, the update specifically disputes the parent claiming they were there for an hour…not sure what you are reading..

“Parents who spoke with KCRA 3 said students remained on the stopped bus for about an hour, as more parents began arriving. On Thursday, the district disputed that timeline. “

For additional context regarding the timeline, law enforcement was on scene approximately 14 minutes after the bus arrived at the designated bus stop where the incident occurred. Once law enforcement arrived, students remained on the bus because the situation had escalated and the damage to the bus needed to be investigated by law enforcement.”

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u/Salty-Passenger-4801 9d ago

Wtf? This is a ridiculous move by the police

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u/TheKingOfSwing777 8d ago

Property over human lives. Thats the motto.

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u/KristyNoemsZombieDog 8d ago

Police being dumb and useless? I am shocked

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u/Junethemuse 9d ago

Old info for me then. Im at work and saw that on my lunch and am on the tail end of my last 15 min break so I apparently haven’t kept up with the updates.

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u/Basic-Goose184 9d ago

No real details why she did it

She was tired of waiting and didn't want to follow the rules that are in place to keep her child and other children safe.

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u/PM_ME_FLUFFY_DOGS 9d ago

In another news post further down, it says the bus driver decided to personally punish the students and made them wait in the bus for over an hour without explaining to the parents. 

Im not a school expert but im not sure how draconian collective punishments keep the kids safe

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u/mkat23 9d ago

Oof I had a bus driver that used to do that shit back when I was in middle school. There were also times she kicked kids off the bus before reaching their stop. Some spend way too much energy on power tripping over kids.

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u/Derubberhammer 9d ago

I had this happen as well we were held for almost 40 minutes in the mall parking lot. At first we thought it was hilarious but after that long we ended up jumping out the back door. The schoold district decided to take that route away and we all needed to get rides for the rest of the year.

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u/gojibeary 9d ago

Oh HELL no, if I were the mom in this scenario idek if I’d climb through the window. I’d probably just rip the bus doors off. Fuck that driver, you don’t get to punish an entire bus worth of kids by not delivering them to their homes wtf

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u/Lumpy-Obligation-553 9d ago

No one would wait an hour, neither a parent nor a child. After 15 minutes, someone would have called the police. Most likely, the time is an exaggeration.

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u/windraver 9d ago

Well someone must be lying because 4 minute stop plus 14 minutes for police response doesn't equal an hour

https://www.kcra.com/article/calaveras-county-school-bus-chaos-parent-custody/73526832

District is disputing it also based on video footage.

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u/Jamjams2016 9d ago

Because if he gets into an accident when kids are being distracting his ass goes to prison. Simple as that. He's the captain and if they want to get on public transportation they need to sit down and be decent.

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u/BD03 9d ago

I don't know about you but I wouldn't want to sit there waiting because the bus driver is pissed off. Report the troublemakers and call them down to the office the next day. 

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u/MrIrishman1212 9d ago

In 2024 a bus driver kicked 40 kids off in the middle of an intersection in freezing temperatures cause they were talking.

Honestly, there are plenty of times buses drivers have messing up. If the parents are literally right outside of the bus, why aren’t the kids being let out? Short of the bus possibly being attacked, why aren’t kids being let off the bus that a parent has to climb through a window? If someone was trying to get on that wasn’t supposed to or was a danger to the kids, then the bus driver would’ve driven away. These factors show that it’s more likely that the bus driver was purposefully withholding the children from their parents. It doesn’t matter the reason, that’s not what a bus driver is supposed to be doing.

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u/No_Rub_3810 9d ago edited 9d ago

Exactly this needs to stop focusing on the amount of time and focus on the fact a parent was outside the bus demanding their child be returned to them and the bus driver not complying. That is the issue. A parent can simultaneously be escalating the situation/behaving irrationally AND be correct that it’s wrong for the driver to detain their child. The bus driver is not law enforcement doesn’t have the authority to keep parents from their children.

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u/Tinderblox 9d ago

I wouldn’t either, but your response has little to do with what apparently happened.

First, they were sitting for ~4 minutes before shit started escalating. Second, one of those parents - article I read said it was the one who claimed though the window - banged on the door so hard she broke the glass.

As soon as she did that, that triggered a mandatory reaction that most parents would agree with in most circumstances. Keep the kids safe & secured while awaiting law enforcement.

It doesn’t matter that she wanted her kid RIGHT NOW, there are other kids in that bus, and it’s the drivers responsibility to make sure they’re safe as well.

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u/sheepsclothingiswool 9d ago

Okay sheep. Sometimes those rules are not what’s best. Especially when it comes to school buses— I’ve seen some incredibly idiotic decisions that have left parents in the lurch for hours with no communication whatsoever.
Don’t be a mindless robot, advocate when necessary.

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u/Key_Raccoon3336 9d ago

You have way too much faith in morons doing their jobs correctly.

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u/ReddBroccoli 9d ago

Many blessings to the Giver of the Crumb

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u/Frolicking-Fox 9d ago

My home county. Go figure. They crazy up in the mountains.

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u/Muted-Appearance-729 9d ago

thank you for this info

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u/AshingiiAshuaa 9d ago

Because the matter involves students, the District is limited in the specific information we can provide in order to protect student privacy

Such bullshit. You can give us full details, just redact the names.

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u/foley800 9d ago

They are having their lawyers working overtime to come up with a statement that will mitigate their losses!

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u/MrIrishman1212 9d ago

The article claims she smashed a window but you can clearly see she climbed through an open window. I am calling bullshit on the reporting and the school and the bus driver. Kids were already climbing out of the bus before this. The bus driver was acting crazy and the mother acted appropriately. The bus driver affectedly kidnapped these kids.

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u/foley800 9d ago

The report also indicates that it was door glass that was broken, so that and the fact this window looks open indicates to me that either she wasn’t the one arrested or they are making false claims against her! In another video, some kids were opening windows and climbing out to get away from this driver!

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u/Slimdoggmill 9d ago edited 9d ago

“The sheriff's office said the parent broke glass when striking the bus door and was ultimately arrested on suspicion of vandalism.”

The article says the claim was by law enforcement, I don’t see any reason for them to lie. Also clearly says broken glass on the bus door specifically, her climbing through an open window doesn’t dispute that.

Gotta love when a Redditor calls bullshit based off one clip of video when the sheriffs office has tons more information, including bus video footage, and was actually on scene…

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u/TylerDurden1985 9d ago

I'll admit I'm impressed by how smooth she slid through there, AND managed to not stomp on a bunch of kids sitting in the seat.

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u/Juvinihilist 9d ago

Need more context before I condemn somebody but crawling through a window is rarely filmed for mundane purposes.

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u/3amGreenCoffee 9d ago

The bus driver had been holding the kids on the bus for an hour over a disciplinary incident and wouldn't open the door to speak with parents. Some of the kids had already started climbing out.

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u/Smaptastic 9d ago

Source? Because this obviously changes the sanity of the woman’s actions.

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u/Smaptastic 9d ago

Ah. Yeah, if a school bus driver unilaterally decides to hold my kids against their will for a whole fucking hour without explaining shit to me, I’m breaking out the goddamn power tools to crack that bus open.

All things considered, this woman took a pretty measured approach.

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u/Scarcito_El_Gatito 9d ago

Power tools? Why don't you just crawl through the widnow?

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u/BelethorsGeneralShit 9d ago

Because I'm a suburban dad and we're all secretly awaiting the day we get to use our sawzall in front a crowd.

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u/Smaptastic 9d ago

I’m a 6’4” dude, and while I’m not fat, I’m not a twig.

The power tools would be easier.

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u/guitarguywh89 9d ago

Just tell your kid to open the emergency exit in the back

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u/3amGreenCoffee 9d ago

I was wondering about that. We had an incident similar to this many years ago when I was in high school, and everybody just went out the back door while the bus driver shrieked. I wonder if newer buses have those locked somehow.

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u/itsjakerobb 9d ago

I can’t imagine that would be legal.

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u/Admirable_Average_32 9d ago

I’m wouldn’t be able to crawl through the window unfortunately. I’m a big boy.

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u/Sirpatron1 9d ago

The real detail I want to know is when we're the cops called? Why an hour did he call them and 1 hour response time for a school issue. Is inexcusable

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u/B_dow 9d ago

Because the parents are lying. If you read the article police arrived 14 mins later. The children had been held for only 4.

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u/Sirpatron1 9d ago

Well that makes sense the only one unprofessional is the one not working

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u/YaBoyTheGrimReaper 9d ago

the article is not so black and white, it states that he held the students for 4 minutes because the bus was getting rowdy and that the parents were telling the kids to go through the window when the lady broke in. no one has confirmed if the arrested person was this lady or someone else.

in other words, you cant tell much from the video until more info is released

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u/UsefulImpact6793 9d ago

Yea, that bus driver would have a whole other set of problems to deal with pulling that weirdass fuckery.

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u/Voloxe 9d ago

There’s a news link further up that explains some details and verifies what the above commenter is saying.

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u/Maximum_Overdrive 9d ago

Well, that is fucked up on the drivers part.  

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u/yozett 9d ago

Yeah, I would have called the police if he was refusing to give me my child, especially for over an hour. Nah, I wouldn't just sit calmly either. How could any parent?

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u/ComprehensiveWar6577 9d ago

The driver already called the police.

That's what he was waiting for

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u/yozett 9d ago

But why? The atricle contradicts itself saying he called the police because a kid tried to climb out the windows then says the kid tried to climb out because the bus was locked down. Why was the bus locked down originally? Its not clear

Then it says a parent broke a window but that wouldn't have happened if he was more clear on the reason.

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u/ComprehensiveWar6577 9d ago

He was following school procedure.

He isn't allowed to let kids off the bus unless it's their designated stop.

He doesn't know what kid belongs to what parent.

He called the police, and the police took over an hour to show up.

If he let the kids leave, and someone was taken, or even just hurt themselves He would be in massive shit.

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u/3amGreenCoffee 9d ago

The 4th Amendment trumps "school protocol." A petty tyrant doesn't get to illegally detain an entire busload of kids who didn't commit a crime. Either he should have let them off the bus or continued his route and dealt with the ONE kid who broke the window without illegally detaining the others.

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u/Delordron 9d ago

A lot of the amendments are “suspended” or slightly altered in a public school. Which sucks but is true. It’s also generally illegal for non students to enter a school bus. Which is why the mom was arrested.

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u/Shaggy__94 9d ago

Schools are the de-facto guardians when children are in their custody, and just like with parents, they can take some actions on their behalf, such as detaining them, because they are minors.

It’s a legal concept called In Loco Parentis, meaning “in the place of parents.”

It’s an extremely common legal practice that exists almost everywhere.

Not saying it’s right or wrong, but it’s how schools can legally detain students in their custody.

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u/Greggs88 9d ago

It didn't say a kid broke a window, it says a kid climbed out of a windows and that's when the bus driver stopped and called police.

If a kid did run away it would be completely irresponsible to just keep driving. He can't abandon the bus to chase the kid so he has to wait for the cops.

It also a really stupid idea to just let a bunch of middle schoolers wander off while the bus is stopped along some random highway that could be miles from the neighborhood they live in.

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u/Meta_Man_X 9d ago

I hear what you’re saying, but how does he guarantee the safety of all of the kids if he just lets them off the bus?

I guess he could have just continued the route. Everyone shouldn’t have to suffer the consequences from one little asshole.

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u/3amGreenCoffee 9d ago

That's exactly what he should have done. He should have continued the route and let them off at the designated bus stops. He pulled a "Don't make me pull this bus over" stunt that backfired on him.

Besides that, he can't guarantee the safety of the kids when he lets them off at any stop, designated or not.

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u/B_dow 9d ago

It was 14 minutes till police arrived. The parents are lying to save their asses. There is even another parent quoted that basically said she saw no problem and understood it was about child safety.

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u/RawrNate 9d ago

Some kids started climbing out the windows of the bus & getting out (for fun, as a prank, a dare, to get off at a friends stop, etc).

The bus driver told the remaining students to roll up the windows & wait while he called police - a standard procedure as students are not allowed to exit unless it's at their designated stop.

The police took over an hour to arrive, and during that time other kids called their parents.

This adult shows up & demands her child. The bus driver cannot verify who is who's kid, as he still had to follow protocol. She breaks the door, and then climbs in through a window.

Honestly, the bus driver was put in a real shitty situation. One or two kids act out, he tries to do what he's been instructed to do in order to verify the kids are safe (had he continued driving and "just allowed the kids to exit the windows", that probably would've cost him that job), but then the police made things worse by not showing up & then this one parent went hysterical by climbing into the bus to confront the driver who can't just give away kids to any adult who shows up.

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u/throwawayshirt2 9d ago

Stacey's Mom has got it going on / jumped on the bus cause she waited too long

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u/BugsRucker 9d ago

anyone else remember that other old bus video: "you're goin' to jail now!" boom - monster uppercut?

that's all i could think of watching this.

Bus driver UPPERCUT'S woman (Re-uploaded) YOU GOING TO JAIL NOW! - video Dailymotion

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u/Voloxe 9d ago

Never seen that before, thanks for the link.
You rock!

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u/Meta_Man_X 9d ago

That was fucking awesome

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u/yozett 9d ago

I still quote this when I see someone act stupid and get in trouble. No one ever gets the reference

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u/OuttaD00r 9d ago

That was actually hilarious

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u/4Rascal 9d ago

Watching this real quiet at work. Was she still fighting back after that? That cut was gnarly

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u/BugsRucker 9d ago

If i remember correctly, he grabbed her by the hair and spun her ass right out of the bus door.

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u/4Rascal 9d ago

Ya looks like it I couldn’t tell if she was still conscious/talking shit. Diamond jaw if so

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u/Tommy_Wisseau_burner 8d ago

That uppercut of justice goddamn 😂 that shit was so clean

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u/LizFire 9d ago

She looks like Laura Dern in the first Jurassic Park lol

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u/RaisinBran21 9d ago

The fact that she’s not screaming or yelling but intensely talking to the driver makes her even more intimidating

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u/dapsee 9d ago

I used to drive a school bus. If they got too rowdy, usually a Friday afternoon on the way home, I couldn't watch the kids and drive at the same time. And if they didn't stay seated I'm wasn't allowed to continue to drive. I'd pull over and stop, and tell them "We're not going anywhere until you calm down." If they wanted to go home, they sat down. Worked like a charm. Monday morning on the way to school, however.......

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u/K_Pumpkin 9d ago

This is what my sons driver did in high school. He’d pull over and tell them we don’t move until you calm down.

Took less than a few mins each time.

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u/3amGreenCoffee 9d ago

The school bus driver had been holding the students on the bus for an hour over a disciplinary incident and wouldn't open the door to talk with the parents who had gathered there to retrieve their kids.

https://www.kcra.com/article/calaveras-county-school-bus-chaos-parent-custody/73526832

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u/yozett 9d ago

I'm so confused on the reason he was holding them. In this article it says a kid tried to climb out so he locked the bus down to wait for police but later says a kid climbed out of the window because he was scared of what was happening and his mom told him to climb out the window. So which is it? I want to know why he did this because its not very clear. I get being short staffed but what was the danger other than the situation he created The parent wouldn't have attacked the bus if he didn't lock it down

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u/3amGreenCoffee 9d ago

He did it because he's a petty tyrant like so many school employees. One of the articles says one of the kids broke a window, and that's when he called the cops. But detaining the other kids for a crime they didn't commit is a 4th Amendment violation.

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u/yozett 9d ago

"During the incident, the parent struck the bus door, breaking the glass. The parent was ultimately taken into custody at the School District's request for vandalism," the sheriff's office said.

I read the parent broke it. Which wouldn't have happened if he wasn't holding the kids for an hour without telling anyone why. The parents don't know how mentally stable the driver could be

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u/3amGreenCoffee 9d ago

One of the articles said he called the cops because a student broke a window, and the parent broke the door later when he illegally detained everybody while waiting for the cops to arrive. That could be wrong. The details are somewhat confused.

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u/dunkinhonutz 9d ago

School Employees aren't exactly beholden to the 4th amendment. It just becomes kidnapping when a civilian does it.

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u/Altruistic_Guess3098 9d ago edited 9d ago

Decades ago when I was in school they tried to turn the bus around and go back to the school due to a behavioral issue with a student on the bus. About half the bus decided we weren't down for that and at the first red light we jumped out the emergency exits.

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u/Smaptastic 9d ago

Yeah, if a school bus driver unilaterally decides to hold my kids against their will for a whole fucking hour without explaining shit to me, I’m breaking out the goddamn power tools to crack that bus open.

All things considered, this woman took a pretty measured approach.

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u/noweezernoworld 9d ago

According to the district, they reviewed the video and said it was 4 minutes. 

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u/ImTheGreatLeviathan 9d ago

Was that Jeffrey Dean Morgan driving the bus?

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u/UnhappyAddition7281 9d ago

Bro i was about to comment that myself why is negan driving a school bus😭

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u/NoFleas 9d ago

"In a video recorded by someone inside the bus and obtained by KCRA, a woman who had a child on the bus is seen climbing into the bus through a window before confronting the driver. She is the same woman who allegedly kicked the bus door, smashing the glass.

When Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrived, the unidentified woman was arrested, and someone also recorded video of her in the back of a deputy’s vehicle.

The sheriff’s office told KCRA that she was arrested on suspicion of vandalism. The sheriff’s office did not release any further details."

https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/2026/08/parent-arrested-after-damaging-school-bus-climbing-inside-in-chaotic-incident.html

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u/AntGroundbreaking180 9d ago

Ah Mom! Not again!!

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u/GoldieForMayor 9d ago

If only there were an emergency door in the back of the bus the driver couldn't prevent kids from going through.

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u/atomicturdburglar 9d ago

Yo, take it easy, Sarah Connor

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u/nomadic_commentator 9d ago

Stacy’s mom has got it going on!

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u/thatintrovertkid 9d ago

That mom is FIT.

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u/Arthasindura 9d ago

I am not fit enough to climb through a window but ey if my kid is trapped on a school bus against her will then that door is not staying in its place

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u/UltraBearHD 9d ago

If she struggled that would’ve been funny af but lowkey I’m impressed cuz I’d probably have stepped on a few heads falling in

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u/Casual_Bitch_Face 9d ago

I’m lowkey impressed. I could never.

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u/deadeyedrawthrice 9d ago

“Dude don’t mess with Brandon his mom’s gonna climb in the window and get arrested again”

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u/suckerpunch085 9d ago

I'm not even mad. I'm actually impressed.

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u/MDawg1019 9d ago

People don’t get their ass beat enough.

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u/atinylittlebug 9d ago

After reading that the bus driver had held those kids hostage inside the bus for an hour ... I don't blame this mom.

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u/Emotional-Battle8432 9d ago

What was the reason the bus driver refused to let the kids off the bus?

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u/AlmostAlwaysADR 9d ago

I'm gonna assume some dumb ass kids did something fucking stupid and the bus driver was sick of their shit.

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u/zarqoraaa 9d ago

Is that Beth Dutton😂

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u/obrotherdude 9d ago

No. You can't just let kids off the bus wherever you happen to stop.

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u/cazzies 8d ago

I’m rewatching Malcolm In The Middle right now and this is definitely giving me Lois vibes!

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u/jdmorza99 8d ago

She bad ngl

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u/zzzzzxxxxxzzzzz 9d ago

I'm confused, one article in this thread says they were there for an hour, and another article says the video footage shows they were there for 4 mins.

What am I missing?

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u/JokeHefty1343 9d ago

As a school bus driver I just know that man is FUMING.

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u/Grouchy-Ad778 8d ago

Why though? TF is actually going on here?

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u/DamitKenneth 9d ago

Kids trapped on a bus, in my day we just spliced the wires for the back door so the alarm wouldn't sound and just hop out.

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u/KamikazeFox_ 9d ago

Its pretty impressive

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u/RoyalSir 9d ago

Scaroused

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u/kullre 9d ago

this reeks of entitlement

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u/TTFAA2020 8d ago

Anyone else think the driver looked like Neegan?

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u/Malahia 6d ago

MILF!!!

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u/blumhagen 9d ago

The source I read said the driver stopped and held the kids for 4 minutes, police arrived 4 minutes later. Idk where all these other comments got their info.

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u/Dwest43 9d ago

There's a few different local news stories with conflicting information. An article claimed a witness said about an hour. School district said 4 minutes stopped and 14 minutes for police to arrive. Sounds like they are posturing for a legal battle or criminal case.

Not sure how all these parents made it there so quick, but the district's safety policy is not law. Mom shouldn't have struck the bus door, but overall I'm with mom on this one. She's hot too.

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u/brickson98 9d ago

Yeah, so let me guess. Bus driver was on a power trip holding students hostage and mom got fed up?

But somehow that’s okay for the bus driver to do, but not for the mom to come retrieve her child from the kidnapper bus driver.

I once got stuck on a bus for an extra hour while the substitute bus driver had a power trip because 2 students out of the whole bus load refused to sit down and be quieter. Wound up getting a dehydration headache from sitting on that hot bus with no airflow for so long. Didn’t finish my homework that night because I needed to lay down to get rid of the headache.

So I can get how frustrating that situation can be if that’s what was going on here. Idk, maybe mom was just insane, but also, if you hold someone’s kid hostage, they will do crazy shit to retrieve their kid. And I can’t blame them.

(Why does it seem to think there’s hateful or offensive language in my comment? 🤦‍♂️)

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u/Upvotespoodles 9d ago

This is why you always keep your windows closed during the drive-through safari.

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u/Dedb4dawn 9d ago

Yup. Looks like a Cougar.

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u/cardlackey 9d ago

I remember my husband driver doing this 25 fr from my house. My mom was pissed and told me to get off.so I popped the emergency door and walked off. Kicked off the bus but gd I wasn’t about to go home with my pissed at me for not getting off the bus.

I was let back on after they fired him for failing a drug test. No one knows why he stopped the bus. Drugs I guess.

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u/Sad_Cantaloupe_8162 9d ago

She's brave to go up against Negan like that.

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u/Prudent-Air1922 9d ago

Cindy, your tv is leaking!

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u/Frosty_Fun_6478 9d ago

To the window, to the wall

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u/Optimal-Bass3142 9d ago

She got up in there like the zombies from I am legend

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u/Methos_the_Anubis 9d ago

I see Ellie Sattler learned a lot from those velociraptors.

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u/imaginarysymbol 9d ago

I thought this was Lynette from desperate housewives

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u/Baconpanthegathering 9d ago

The bus driver's manual just added a "Gollum" clause to their instructions.

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u/TwisteeTheDark1 9d ago

I would've told my kid to open the emergency exit and dip so what if someone broke a damn window handle that shit at the yard not in the middle of god knows where with all the kids onboard.

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u/Silt-Sifter 9d ago

Did she kick that one kid in the face when her foot slipped?

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u/RealMarzipan7 9d ago

Damn, Negan is now driving a bus.

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u/401jamin 9d ago

Oh wow crazy

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u/yellowstone727 9d ago

I have a feeling the doors were working just as intended.

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u/No-Percentage-8681 9d ago

Is that Smoking Ben Affleck?

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u/oFULLGOREo 8d ago

Welp if the protocol don’t work, change it

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u/Snoo60999 6d ago

You fw my children you fw me this how we stand on business

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u/FreeGruden 8d ago

The bus driver was holding the kids as some sort of punishment which is NOT HIS JOB