I have been writing up bus discipline referrals quite a bit the past couple of weeks. The kids keep getting into fights with each other, or they are doing something dangerous, even after being warned to stop. So finally I started writing up referrals, thinking that if the kid was suspended off of the bus for a day or two, maybe the parent would convince the kid to behave.
Well, none of the kids are getting suspended, all they are getting is a little “pep talk” with the school vice principal, and the behavior doesn’t change. So I write them up again. They get another “pep talk.” Apparently this school won’t suspend a kid unless he shoots or stabs someone! It has become quite clear that I am totally wasting my time writing up referrals! I will be SO GLAD when the school year is over. I hope that next fall when the school year starts again I will have a better job doing something else and won’t have to work driving a school bus!