bottom of the story. They took statements from all the children on the bus and suspended the two boys. The one that was doing the lap dance type stuff had in-school suspension for 2 days and was suspended from the bus for 1 wk, so his parents had to arrange for him to be dropped off and picked up. The other boy had in-school suspension for 1 day. They feel that in-school suspension is a much better punishment than out of school, since they essentially get a free 'vacation' day. If it's in-school, they can make them do their work or write a paper, etc. The daycare and the school cooperated and daycare found out that it wasn't quite as bad as the first kid was saying. Even my son said "Mom, the 6th grader is exaggerating some, but I just wrote the truth down when they asked me to".
To top it off, the Dean of Students called to thank my husband and I for notifying them and congratulate us on having a son who is honest and articulate in the way he handled himself during the questioning session by her, the guidance counsellor and the school resource officer (ie. uniformed state police officer).
They gave the #1 culprit two chances to write the truth out on his statement. The first time he blew it off, she said she took that and handed him another sheet of paper, then proceeded to tell him how she spent her morning (interviewing everyone that rode that bus and viewing the video). NOW, did he want to try writing his statement again? I'm glad she's going to be my son's Dean of students next year as well (they have one DOS that stays with an incoming class through all 3 yrs in middle school). She said that way they get to really know the kids.
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