White Bus Driver Suspended For Assigning Black Students To Back Of Bus

[ArnieBragg 1]

August 24, 2006 10:30 p.m. EST

Yvonne Lee - All Headline News Staff Reporter

 

Coushatta, LA (AHN) - A Louisiana school district is investigating complaints that a white bus driver forced nine black children to sit in the back of the bus.

 

School Superintendent Kay Easley says the driver has been suspended. No previous complaints had ever been filed against the driver, whose identity remains shielded.

 

Easley tells the Associated Press, "I'm trying to get all this straight, and settled, so we can all move on."

 

Two black mothers complained on Monday that their children, along with seven other black children, were ordered to sit in two rows in the back of the bus.

 

Janice Williams, who has four children taking public school buses, tells The Associated Press, "In all these years, I've never had a problem like this."

 

One of her children, Jarvonica Williams, 16, says black students were forced to stand or sit in each others' laps, while white students were permitted to take seats all to themselves.

 

Iva Richmond's 14- and 15-year-old children were also on the bus. She says her kids used to have a black bus driver. But when the white driver started this month, the kids were told they had assigned seats, with the black children sitting at the rear of the bus.

 

Richmond tells the AP, "All nine children were assigned to two seats in the back of the bus, and the older ones had to hold the smaller ones in their laps."

 

The women say their complaints to parish school officials were not handled right away. Easley says the driver has been suspended without pay. She says she wants to settle the matter, and will announce the results of an investigation on Sept. 5.

 

NAACP District Vice President James Panell says he will inform federal attorneys about the investigation this week.

[Toro 1]

And guess what is going to happen: This guy is going to get fired. The families are going to sue the school district and the school district will settle, costing 150k a pop.

[NewbieJr 541]

When I was little, I always wanted to grab a back seat. The bumpy back roads were more fun. We'd try to see how far off the seat we could bounce when he hit potholes.

Blacks don't know how to have a good time.

[Guest tiki_gods]

When I was little, I always wanted to grab a$s in the back seat. Blacks were the best. They had the longest slongs.

 

fuxored

[D_House 0]

And guess what is going to happen: This guy is going to get fired. The families are going to sue the school district and the school district will settle, costing 150k a pop.

the driver deserves to be fired. but let's criticize the lawsuit when it actually happens.

[edjr 6,580]

When I was little, I always wanted to grab a back seat. The bumpy back roads were more fun. We'd try to see how far off the seat we could bounce when he hit potholes.

Blacks don't know how to have a good time.

 

I used to sit in the back of the bus because the bumps would make me hard.

[porkbutt 893]

he was probably just tired of hearing their sh!t...hip-hop yo boy ebonics and whatnot.

[NewbieJr 541]

fuxored

[Guest tiki_gods]

 

couldn't resist.

 

back of the bus negro

[Mark Buffington 3]

the driver deserves to be fired. but let's criticize the lawsuit when it actually happens.

And its you opinion that the bus driver did nothing wrong you low-life scumbag.

[kutulu 1,676]

We color code so many things...why is it wrong to color code people?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[D_House 0]

And its you opinion that the bus driver did nothing wrong you low-life scumbag.

what? i said he deserves to be fired.

 

ETA: that is, if the allegations are true, of course.

[Dick Hertz 1]

Aren't kids supposed to wear seatbelts on the bus?

 

Those kids sitting on laps were at a serious risk black or not.

 

 

This driver is done.

[Mark Buffington 3]

what? i said he deserves to be fired.

 

ETA: that is, if the allegations are true, of course.

Sorry. I meant to quote edjr not you. I don't think you're a racist, just him.

[edjr 6,580]

Sorry. I meant to quote edjr not you. I don't think you're a racist, just him.

 

Shouldn't you be out on the field practicing with your NFL team?

[D_House 0]

Sorry. I meant to quote edjr not you. I don't think you're a racist, just him.

you were right about me being a low-life scumbag though!

[hoytdwow 202]

The wipers on the bus go Swish! Swish! Swish!

[phillybear 366]

This is stupid. The best seats on the bus are the ones in the back. Who the fock would complain about getting a priviledge like that. Has everyone gone insane?

[Guest tiki_gods]

The blacks on the bus go "Suck this b1tch!", "Suck this b1tch!", "Suck this b1tch!".....

 

 

fuxored

[ArnieBragg 1]

he was probably just tired of hearing their sh!t...hip-hop yo boy ebonics and whatnot.

 

That might be better than having to listen to those cajun accents

[wiffleball 4,790]

Jarvonica

[bandwagoneer 0]

This is stupid. The best seats on the bus are the ones in the back. Who the fock would complain about getting a priviledge like that. Has everyone gone insane?

Yeah. And the next complaint will be about having to drink from their own water fountains.

Their OWN fountain.....what's wrong with that?

 

That might be better than having to listen to those cajun accents

Hey now. Step off, yankee!!

[porkbutt 893]

That might be better than having to listen to those cajun accents

tru dat yo

[phillybear 366]

Yeah. And the next complaint will be about having to drink from their own water fountains.

Their OWN fountain.....what's wrong with that?

 

Apples and oranges.

 

If I was one of the other kids on that bus, and saw that those kids got the best seats on the bus every day, I would be pissed. That is my only point.

 

But I have mellowed nowadays. I would simply kill everyone in that town.

[edjr 6,580]

What next? Baseball GM going to get fired for assigning the black players to sweep out the dugout?

[wiffleball 4,790]

This is ridiculous. If I were a parent in that district, I would be outraged.

 

I can't believe they'd make white kids travel in the same bus as the negroes.

[edjr 6,580]

This is ridiculous. If I were a parent in that district, I would be outraged.

 

I can't believe they'd make white kids travel in the same bus as the negroes.

 

 

 

 

I remember the back of the bus being the most popular, he should be fired for not putting the whities in the back. RACIST!!

[Ignignokt 0]

What next? Baseball GM going to get fired for assigning the black players to sweep out the dugout?

Reality tv producers forcing blacks to be on the same team.

[Big Blue 06 195]

This is ridiculous. If I were a parent in that district, I would be outraged.

 

I can't believe they'd make white kids travel in the same bus as the negroes.

 

[L5UT1ger 0]

That might be better than having to listen to those cajun accents

 

 

 

Thx alot.

 

FYI...this was in Red River Parish, a North Louisiana parish that is no where near Cajun...more like red necks.

[32 Big Fat Texan 0]

 

I saw that too