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" The reason the buses are returned to the school is because there is probably a safety issue with the behavior of certain riders. It is safer to return to the school and have the student removed and properly diciplined if the bus is close enough to the school than to keep driving and take a chance on something bad happening. If the students would behave better on the buses then they wouldn't have to be taken back to the school. "

" Our Son who has Autism and is non-verbal was abused by a First Student Driver and Neglected ?endangerd by the Aid and First Student Company a year and a half ago. 6 Months after the abuse we learned through our own investigation that neither the driver nor monitor had had any backround checks done. The Driver Edward Maccall who is still driving disabled children today has four felony drug convictions and one sealed case from the 80s. A sealed case ccan only be opend by a judge and almost always means that a minor was involved in the crime he was conviced of. Do a Google and learn about the neglect of First Student to do ANY BACKROUND CHECKS on ANY of there drivers in OHIO leading to drivers with several felony convictions Sincerly Parent of Abused Child and Watch Dog of First Student Bus Company "

" I was at the meeting and heard 'ol Ronny patting the management and mechanics on the back and oh yeah, then mentioned how the drivers were good people. Mr. Sherman mostly read from the First Student/District 87 contract. He then went on to field questions from the board rather awkwardly. The number of times buses return to school is closer to 2-3 times a week, not month. I just hope the board has the intellegence to ask the drivers their opinion, The drivers did not speak this time because of the treatment they recieved from management after the last meeting. "

" I was impressed with the open candor of First Student Management at last night's board meeting. They were clear on the fact that they didn't have proper staffing to manage multiple bus incidents and parent calls all at the same time. They were also clear that they could not recall the incident when elementary students were let off at their bus stops during an active tornado warning and driving rain storm (an element of the meeting that didn't make the Pantagraph article). What is not impressive was that they didn't seem to think either of these issues was much of a problem. "