School bus stop... for police cruiser pickup

My daughter came home from school yesterday with quite a story. One of the students on her bus was removed by the county sheriff.

According to G., a freshman in high school, this particular kid cusses a lot. She said the cussing is not that unusual in her bus-riding experience this year because a lot of kids cuss on her bus. But this kid is apparently the king of the cuss-ers. He is a freshman in high school.

At the beginning of the school year (about 2 weeks in to it) I had asked G. if I could call the bus garage to share my concerns about her bus but she was adamant.

"No Mom!!!!!!!"  (Yes, that many exclamation points.)

Then I heard from G. last week that the school put an additional monitor on this particular bus and set up assigned seating. G. sits close to the front. She said the kids aren't mean to her but she's not too keen on chatting with any of them either. I let her bring her mp3 player and encourage her to listen to audio books and/or music (loudly) and ignore the antics of the other riders.

I was happy to hear about the additional monitor since my guess was that there were other parents who had made a call despite their own kids' protests (I should have called too).

G. said she never felt in danger or that she thought the king cuss-er kid was violent while she was on this bus. But yesterday something tipped the scales and the bus driver pulled over and called the sheriff. Within 5 minutes (again, according to G., I doubt the school will ever comment on this to parents) that kid was off the bus and in the sheriff's cruiser.

This first year of high school for my daughter has been quite an education for our whole family. I'm willing to give the school the benefit of the doubt that they are handling this bus situation to keep all the kids safe while riding while also being fair to the kids who need a little more guidance about what appropriate behavior should be.

Anyone have any 'interesting' school bus stories to share? What else do I have to look forward to during the next 4 years? I'm asking because neither my husband or I have any experience riding a school bus in high school. We both grew up in urban areas that didn't have school bus transportation.

Oh and yes, I share with my kids about walking a mile uphill to school. But I do skip the "both directions" bit because the truth was, it really was a steep climb on the mile home!