Kindergarten student left on school bus - Ruidoso News

There is no excuse for this, none. I am just glad the young man is fine.

I took the wrong bus home one time,and the bus driver had to drive way out of the way.I was so afraid I cant imagine how afraid this little boy was and with the wind blowing so hard and all.Its good that it didnt happen today in this storm as the boy could have frozen if he would have got lost.thank goodness he is OK

Poor thing I know if that was my son he sure as hell would not be riding the same bus and he would of stayed home with me that day. Aw my son is five and I can not even imagine him walking down the highway by himself scared and cold. THIS IS COMPLETLY RIDICULOUS I AM OUTRAGED

We have had a horrible time with this bus barn... I heard just the other day that a mid school kid was choked on the bus by a high school kid. According to my daughter, there were several other kids yelling "hit him.. hit him.. " and the bus driver had no idea what was going on. PRETTY SCARY... wonder what happened...

ahh poor lil guy. . . man, and his parents. . .I would have been one irrate parent. . . would have had to call the cops on me. . . that's no joke. . .

bob from midtown wrote:

Note to busdrivers, get up off your perch at the end of your ride and walk the daamn aisles! This poor child! How awful.

Someone needs to be fired. Period.

This story printed as is, isn't completely true. PAPER CHECK YOUR SOURCES AND FIX IT!!!!!!!!!!

bob from midtown wrote:

Note to busdrivers, get up off your perch at the end of your ride and walk the daamn aisles! This poor child! How awful.

When I saw the story on TV I think I heard the newsman say that the Driver did walk the bus?I don`t know how he missed him.

Lets end the argument.... Did the camera catch the bus driver? Honestly if the bus had been fully checked as is required he would have been seen (there is nowhere to hide sleeping or not. I feel for the parents. I have had multiple issues similar not just with bus' but with schools as well. You cannot always count on people to do their job at all or with consistency so the responsibility lies on the last person to leave or the owner, check every bus before you leave the yard!! Lets discuss a solution to prevent this....

Anything can happen to anyone, no ones perfect. We are only human. There was no harm to the child, so forgive and forget, right?

Wow, I missed this. A kindergarten child is just
a baby and I know its cold out there. Perhaps if
the driver would do a head count it would also help. This age of child is small and could easily'
hide or may have fallen asleeep.

Anonymous wrote:

Anything can happen to anyone, no ones perfect. We are only human. There was no harm to the child, so forgive and forget, right?

"Forgive and forget"...Hudson, OH......Have you lost your mind? Lets practice what we preach.

Joe Stallone wrote:

Rumor has it there were two more bus accidents, one last Friday and one Thurs.

Hey bad stuff happens but I think I remember the same bus hitting the same bridge twice in the same week in the upper cyn a few years ago. this is what happens when you wont pay good wages.

DEC wrote:

<quoted text>Hey bad stuff happens but I think I remember the same bus hitting the same bridge twice in the same week in the upper cyn a few years ago. this is what happens when you wont pay good wages.

What are the wages paid to a bus driver? Do you know?

pinky wrote:

<quoted text> What are the wages paid to a bus driver? Do you know?

Its the split shift that kills you.It is not the hourly wage.you work 2 hours than you come back and work two more unless you have another source of income you are sunk.

yuck Anon wrote:

<quoted text>
"Forgive and forget"...Hudson, OH......Have you lost your mind? Lets practice what we preach.

For the record I did.... I was a bus driver and everymorning after the run, and every afternoon after my run I checked the bus.... Lost my mind? You have lost yours it sounds like. People who are careless and fail to follow certain protocols put people at risk. Luckily this child was not injured and hopefully this is a learning experience for the bus driver never to cut corners. Cameras are a perfect deterent to ensure this never happens again. As well as any other issues that may be concerns. This protects the driver and students. Forgive and Forget you I will.

For the record....it was shown on the video, from the camera in the bus, that the driver did follow protocol and checked the bus TWICE!! So, as far as cutting corners? Didn't happen. It's called a mistake, DUH!!!

Anonymous wrote:

For the record....it was shown on the video, from the camera in the bus, that the driver did follow protocol and checked the bus TWICE!! So, as far as cutting corners? Didn't happen. It's called a mistake, DUH!!!

Do you work for the bus barn? do you know for a fact that they have cameras on the buses? I'm asking because my son had an incident on the bus and would have assumed that if there were cameras on the bus, we would have been informed. Let's just put it this way: I'm thinking about pressing charges on a few of these students and the bus driver for neglegence... bus barn knows the situation... never said a thing about cameras on the bus....