How [i]wonderful[/i] the city dept of education is for hiding this stuff for so long. A 2015 report was released detailing close to 1,000 drivers were suspended or fired in 2015. And the things that go on are so crazy they defy belief. [quote]One driver was seen dropping his pants outside a school, twice in one day. Another urinated in a bottle on a bus with a child aboard because he had a “bladder and bowel condition.” One carried Coors Light; another reeked of pot. One denied dozing at the wheel but was caught on video by frightened attendants.[/quote] Everyone in NYC who isn't out of their mind liberal knows the City Dept of Education, like most government bodies, is a complete disaster. Drivers were suspended for a few days to a couple of months but then allowed to return and drive kids again. The list of offenses is outrageous: [quote]The DOE said 186 cases involved harm or danger to kids, including reckless driving, leaving children alone or dropping them off unattended or with strangers. In one case, a child got off a bus and went missing all night. He was found the next morning at Kings County Hospital.[/quote] The article says 23 drivers and 7 escorts were fired. [quote]Among the escorts, one grabbed a child’s head and “began to shake it back and forth.” One didn’t spot a student forcing another into oral sex. One kicked a special-ed student and called the child a “mother­f–ker.”[/quote] The city charges the taxpayer $1.1 billion a year to ferry about 150,000 kids and employs 12,000 drivers. It took the DOE 20 months to release the records and only after a lawsuit was filed. Let's examine some of these wonderful occurrences on these wonderful city buses together: [quote]Scores of horror stories in the records include: Getting lost: One driver rode around for four hours without notifying anyone. The kids on the bus were found “sweating, dehydrated and begging for water.” He was suspended nine days. Injuries: A driver left a child at the bus stop bleeding from the head. His shocked parent took him to the hospital for stitches. The driver was fired. Wild rides: A scared student called his parents to report the bus “driving crazy.” A sharp turn threw kids out of their seats, including one who tumbled out a back door. Kids suffered back pain and scrapes. The driver was suspended for 10 days. Warnings ignored: When kids cried out that a driver was speeding, “he laughs.” The same driver smoked cigarettes and stopped at McDonald’s, with the engine running. Suspension: 90 days. Carelessness: An escort did not secure a disabled child who “fell on his head” while being taken off the bus. The driver left a message with his company and took off. Both were suspended for 60 days. Rudeness: A driver “humiliated” the mother of a disabled child who urinated on the bus, telling her the fluid could have started an electrical fire and advising that her 14-year-old son wear diapers. Suspension: 5 days. The 945 drivers and escorts suspended or fired in just 12 months, between Dec. 1, 2014 and Dec. 2, 2015, dwarfs the 1,300 disciplined over five years, between 2008 and 2012.[/quote] Ahhhh the carefree joys of childhood on the school bus!