yelling is assault?

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what country has that as a law?

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> I hesitate to post this. The situation will get many of you riled up and

> push those buttons. I need help though so I'm turning here for guidance.

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> It has been confirmed that the aide on the school bus hit my eleven year

> old son yesterday. She slapped the back of his hand hard enough that the bus

> driver heard the slap. His hand was still red when he got home.

> Transportation spoke to the aide and the driver and had an answer back to me

> within 90 minutes. The aide is on administrative leave for the rest of the

> week while this is sorted out. So, to this point, I'm satisfied that this is

> being taken seriously.

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> There are still so many pieces of this that need to be resolved and that's

> where I need help getting my thinking straight.

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> A) Transportation has asked me if I am comfortable with the aide being on

> the bus. After thinking about it overnight, my inclination is to say no.

> There are two main reasons for this.

> First, I believe she acted in anger and that this is not a lack of training

> or education issue.

> Second, I asked my son if she had ever hit him before. He responded no.

> Then I asked if she had ever hit any other student. He said yes and told me

> the name of a specific student on the bus.

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> That last bit of information {sigh} I almost wish I didn't know. I need

> to call the mom, whom I consider a friend, and tell her. It's not something

> I really want to do only because I just don't want to be the bearer of this

> news. They've all ready had a serious problem with the school and this will

> really be hard for them to hear. Any advice?

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> C) Why is still having the aide on the bus even a consideration? Isn't this

> cause for immediate dismissal? If she's just transferred to another route

> and hits again, who's to say those kids will be able to speak for

> themselves. I know that employee discipline is a 'personnel issue' but isn't

> the school's personnel manual/policies public information?

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> D) Where is the bus driver's responsibility in this? Yesterday, there

> wasn't time for her to report the incident. But since the aide has hit the

> other child (I believe my son), those cases should have been reported by the

> driver. For me, this is a serious concern going forward.

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> E) Should a police report be filed? I understand that if this happened in

> the school building that the principal would be required to file a police

> report. Is there something different about being on the bus?

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> F) My head can go around and around flipping through these issues and

> winding up in some crazy places. Is there anything I'm missing that I should

> consider?

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> So that's a lot of typing and really not many questions. Maybe I just need

> to get this out. If you have advice, I'd appreciate it.

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> Thanks for 'listening'!

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