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A school-bus company that drives nearly 5,000 Columbus children each day could be suspended from doing business in Ohio.

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pikkil47

Columbus, OH

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WAIT. But first we (school board) must get another levy on the ballot so we can hire a private limo service to tote the little darlings to school.

Tommy T

Lancaster, OH

You get what you pay for.

vinny

Columbus, OH

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I work for CCS and if you think privatizing is the way to go you are in for a big suprise. I have seen the work they have done or continue to do and it is not good. Think privatization of Bush's war.

Reader

Columbus, OH

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vinny wrote:

I work for CCS and if you think privatizing is the way to go you are in for a big suprise. I have seen the work they have done or continue to do and it is not good. Think privatization of Bush's war.

I think that there is something in this, although contracting services should never be regarded as a means of moving the onus of responsibility off on someone else. A contract should include sufficient accountability provisions, not to mention in-house follow-up to ensure that all contracted responsibilities are being handled in a timely fashion.

Contracting has been regarded by some as a panacea (frequently due to decreased labor costs when moving out of a unionized public sector). It is not. There are in fact times when it makes more sense to take advantage of efficiencies of scale and expertise in a field. I think we stand to see this in the outsourcing of food service--which the district has been unable to get its arms around for many years. Within the district there is a tendancy to move former principals into administrative positions running some of these diverse areas--which really benefit more from experience and expertise in a particular field. So long as this is the case, both in-house and outsourced services are likely to suffer

buckeye kid

Columbus, OH

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My daughter rides these bus's to a private school. Her bus driver barly even speaks english!!! I think they should be americans first then drive our children to school. Thanks to the obama politics everyone gets a free ride BUT, true AMERICANS. It is all those illegal aliens that get these jobs with no background check.. HEY, I see a problem. The solution is to deport everyone that is not a true AMERICAN.. Then we will get back our country.. So, you want a change thgere you have it. If your scared you can leave with them..

Reader

Columbus, OH

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buckeye kid wrote:

My daughter rides these bus's to a private school. Her bus driver barly even speaks english!!! I think they should be americans first then drive our children to school. Thanks to the obama politics everyone gets a free ride BUT, true AMERICANS. It is all those illegal aliens that get these jobs with no background check.. HEY, I see a problem. The solution is to deport everyone that is not a true AMERICAN.. Then we will get back our country.. So, you want a change thgere you have it. If your scared you can leave with them..

Wow, what a profound level of BS is loaded up here. The requirement for background checks is universal--there are no exceptions for aliens (legal or illegal). This is state law with regard to the people who drive school buses (Obama has nothing to do with it). Furthermore, for some time all employers have been required to see proof of either citizenship or legal worker status before hiring anyone.

Now--proficiency in speaking English is a very poor way to make a judgment about whether someone is in this country legally. Certainly I agree that someone driving a school bus must be able to communicate adequately with the children--in fact it would be wonderful to sufficient bi-lingual drivers to ensure that children who are learning English as a Second Language have someone who can communicate in their first language if needed--but I know that bi-lingual workers are in short supply in many other critical fields (health care, education, first responders, etc). This reality is not helped out by the "let them speak English or go home" attitude.

Finally, I grew up, proudly, in "a nation of immigrants." The fact that my ancestors have long ago both assimilated and contributed to the American culture does not give me the right to shut the door on others with contributions to make.

CMH Rick

Columbus, OH

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buckeye kid wrote:

My daughter rides these bus's to a private school. Her bus driver barly even speaks english!!! I think they should be americans first then drive our children to school. Thanks to the obama politics everyone gets a free ride BUT, true AMERICANS. It is all those illegal aliens that get these jobs with no background check.. HEY, I see a problem. The solution is to deport everyone that is not a true AMERICAN.. Then we will get back our country.. So, you want a change thgere you have it. If your scared you can leave with them..

I don't believe that you read the article, if you had you would have seen that each and every one of their drivers have had a background check along with a DOT Physical (to get the health card). School bus drivers must have a Commercial Drivers License. To have a CDL the driver must speek English good enough to read and comprehend road signs and traffic laws. There is another choice that you can make, if you can afford to send your child to private school,(I am glad that you can)then maybe you can afford to hire a real american to drive her there. Now if we could only figure out what a real American is???

offbeat

Alexandria, KY

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Reader wrote:

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Wow, what a profound level of BS is loaded up here. The requirement for background checks is universal--there are no exceptions for aliens (legal or illegal). This is state law with regard to the people who drive school buses (Obama has nothing to do with it). Furthermore, for some time all employers have been required to see proof of either citizenship or legal worker status before hiring anyone.
Now--proficiency in speaking English is a very poor way to make a judgment about whether someone is in this country legally. Certainly I agree that someone driving a school bus must be able to communicate adequately with the children--in fact it would be wonderful to sufficient bi-lingual drivers to ensure that children who are learning English as a Second Language have someone who can communicate in their first language if needed--but I know that bi-lingual workers are in short supply in many other critical fields (health care, education, first responders, etc). This reality is not helped out by the "let them speak English or go home" attitude.
Finally, I grew up, proudly, in "a nation of immigrants." The fact that my ancestors have long ago both assimilated and contributed to the American culture does not give me the right to shut the door on others with contributions to make.

They all need to go back to Mexico or where ever they came from. Let us Americans take care of each other first.

Jol

Columbus, OH

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How about this. Stop the bussing and let the kids go to the schools in their area. Then we wouldn't need to pay anybody outside the school system to transport them. Talk about saving money and then we wouldn't have to hear about all the obese children in Columbus because they can walk a mile and a half 2 times a day, just like we did when we were in school.

dave

Chillicothe, OH

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buckeye kid wrote:

My daughter rides these bus's to a private school. Her bus driver barly even speaks english!!! I think they should be americans first then drive our children to school. Thanks to the obama politics everyone gets a free ride BUT, true AMERICANS. It is all those illegal aliens that get these jobs with no background check.. HEY, I see a problem. The solution is to deport everyone that is not a true AMERICAN.. Then we will get back our country.. So, you want a change thgere you have it. If your scared you can leave with them..

you are truly the most stupid person in ohio, if not the world...do us a favor and just shut up, dont even open your stupid mouth....your daughter should find someone else to be her mother, becouse you are to stupid.

CMH Rick

Columbus, OH

dave wrote:

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you are truly the most stupid person in ohio, if not the world...do us a favor and just shut up, dont even open your stupid mouth....your daughter should find someone else to be her mother, becouse you are to stupid.

Darn Dave, don't hold nothing back. Tell it like you see it:)

Jol

Columbus, OH

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buckeye kid wrote:

My daughter rides these bus's to a private school. Her bus driver barly even speaks english!!! I think they should be americans first then drive our children to school. Thanks to the obama politics everyone gets a free ride BUT, true AMERICANS. It is all those illegal aliens that get these jobs with no background check.. HEY, I see a problem. The solution is to deport everyone that is not a true AMERICAN.. Then we will get back our country.. So, you want a change thgere you have it. If your scared you can leave with them..

I somewhat agree with you. If we were in their country we would have to follow their policies. Our government gives the foriegners to much as it is, and they take what money they make back to their countries. They should have to be legal citizens to work here and receive benefits. Speak clear English outside of their homes. We are not permitted prayer in school anymore, so why should they be allowed to have their time to pray? Just my opinion.

The_Great_G

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Why did a forum about a bus company turn into a debate on immigration?

CMH Rick

Columbus, OH

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The_Great_G wrote:

Why did a forum about a bus company turn into a debate on immigration?

See post #5. Buckeye played the race card. It went down hill from there.

bus driver

Columbus, OH

pikkil47 wrote:

WAIT. But first we (school board) must get another levy on the ballot so we can hire a private limo service to tote the little darlings to school.

Colubus ready knows about First Student (remember Larry Battle[because of him school
was closed down] Columbus is known for backing the wrong horse (thaank you Gene Harris
and all of your cronies what I want to know is Gene how much payola is first student
giving you to seel every on down the river?

Seriously

Columbus, OH

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offbeat wrote:

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They all need to go back to Mexico or where ever they came from. Let us Americans take care of each other first.

I don't want your help. You scare me. Stay away from my children!

Reader

Columbus, OH

bus driver wrote:

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Colubus ready knows about First Student (remember Larry Battle[because of him school
was closed down] Columbus is known for backing the wrong horse (thaank you Gene Harris
and all of your cronies what I want to know is Gene how much payola is first student
giving you to seel every on down the river?

Actually, the school board elected not to renew the First Student contract. However, First Student then bought out one of the other companies that Columbus had a contract with--thus buying up their contract. Not exactly anything in Dr. Harris' contol.

CONCERNED

AOL

Here is a interesting fact most are not aware of. First Group, the parent company of First Student is not a American company. Our tax dollars go to the UK.

yellow

Fort Myers, FL

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Dear Reader in Hilliard: The First Student and Laidlaw acquisition was in the works when the new contracts were awarded by Columbus Schools. All that was need was final approval from the SEC. So, blame should be put on the school boar, Mrs. Harris and the Department of Public Safety (for not banning them from doing business in the State of Ohio back in 2007). Columbus City Schools should take a long hard look at their open-enrollment policies and really think about how many contractors are needed. If children went to neighborhood schools we wouldn't need the buses.

dbg

Alexandria, KY

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Seriously wrote:

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I don't want your help. You scare me. Stay away from my children!

Maybe you and your kids should go back to Mexico as well. There you will not have to be scared

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