At last, justice has been served in the small town of Greece, New York. The children who bullied bus monitor Karen Klein have been officially disciplined. New York’s WHAM 13 reports:
The Greece Central School District announced on Friday that four students involved in bullying a bus monitor will be suspended from school and regular bus transportation for one year.
The district is legally required to provide the students with an education.
This means the students will be transferred to the district Reengagement Center. This program keeps middle school students on track academically. [...]
Each student will be required to complete 50 hours of community service with senior citizens and will complete a formal program in bullying prevention.
So reform school, suspension and community service. Sounds like a perfect trifecta of punishment for this lot. You can refresh your memory on the original incident here.
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Obamujahadeen
Jun. 30, 2012 at 5:35amMore like a vacation I’d bet… : (
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MRMANN
Jun. 30, 2012 at 4:52amReform school, suspension & community service all for one year–yes!!!! I honestly did not expect the perpetrators to be punished with anything more than a hand slap.
My only question now: When does the monitor get her money?
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lylejk
Jun. 30, 2012 at 2:40amI would have banned these hooligans completely from bus priviledges, so they got off scott free as far as I am concerned. :)
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vngstr
Jun. 30, 2012 at 2:06amAwesome, Justice is best served cold!!!!
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capitalismrocks
Jun. 30, 2012 at 1:19amAbout damned time!!! Kids MUST learn that actions HAVE consequences and they have to learn responsibility and respect !!!
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philipzhao
Jun. 30, 2012 at 1:12amThe little Asian brat, a Chinese, being a fine factory-fresh product from the Melting Pot, ought to be deported back to China and let him serve as Chairman Hu Jin-tao’s bodyguard.
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Smokey_Bojangles
Jun. 30, 2012 at 12:51amAfter a good whoopin’. they could ride the bus standing up. All this punishment does is make their parents get them to school,and I doubt their parents gave them a whoopin’ for it.Fella I know kid got in to trouble and was not allowed to rid the bus for a week.He would wake the kid up at 6am.Gave him a spanking,then take him to school everyday for a week.Kid gets straight A’s and has had no other behavior problems.
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Totally Domestic
Jun. 29, 2012 at 11:48pmThey earned it!
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christos
Jun. 29, 2012 at 11:12pmIt was heartbreaking to see Karen Klein cry,hope she knows how much people really do care about her,and the kids have a change of heart about the way they treated her.
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Plojka
Jun. 29, 2012 at 11:09pmIt can be much easier than this: Bamboo stick, kids bare ****, public square. Justice.
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betterthantv
Jun. 29, 2012 at 10:56pmExcellent!
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newview
Jun. 29, 2012 at 10:06pmI don’t mean to tick you off, but you are starting to pick on Kyled like the kids did on the bus moniter.
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jhrusky
Jul. 1, 2012 at 8:38pmExactly. The right has become what they themselves hate, yet they are too blind to take a step back, look at themselves and recognize it.
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jhrusky
Jul. 1, 2012 at 8:40pmYou are corect. The right has become exactly what they themselves hate, yet they are too blind to take a step back, look at themselves and recognize it.
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Tankertony
Jun. 29, 2012 at 9:57pmThey should also get a good paddling in front of their fellow students, for good measure.
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RestoreCapitalism
Jun. 29, 2012 at 9:42pmFifty hours is nothing. They could easily do that part time in a couple weeks. How are they supposed to learn a lesson they will never forget? Keep them busy for the whole year, and make it something to remember.
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valleyfever
Jun. 29, 2012 at 9:38pmTo those who think the punishment is too harsh, How many times have we heard that we want to send a message that this or that should never happen again. Harsh punishments send that message. These four little jerks will never do this again. Maybe their example will keep others from being as disrespectful as they were. If the kids were civilized in the first place, bus monitors would not benecessary.
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Magyar
Jun. 29, 2012 at 9:34pmAs a parent..Let me add this—before the ‘district’ meted out ITS punishment, I would have greeted him at the front door!
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TrollBane
Jun. 29, 2012 at 9:20pmWhen I was in public school I knew people who had to goto the district’s alternative education center due to excessive trouble making. All they did was toss them packets of homework to be done by the end of the week. A year of this is going to be like a big break to them.
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newview
Jun. 29, 2012 at 10:02pmAnd they will learn more of the bad behavior. They will probably be someone’s victim until they get into the pecking order. It is tempting to see them get the kind of treatment they dished out, but is this really the answer? How about a survival type camp with no techie toys and some hard physical labor built in? Some ex-Marines as their new mamas? A way to get their head on straight without messing up their whole lives and the lives of their families? I would guess it would be cheaper than the alternative school to run. The only way out is to show you know how to behave and why.
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mikenleeds
Jun. 29, 2012 at 9:15pmthe further convicts needs to be horse whipped along with there worthless parents
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ghostsouls
Jun. 29, 2012 at 9:03pmIf the school holds tight on their disciplinary action, they should be applauded. the punishment fits the crime. I will be waiting to see if the parents sure the school board on behalf of their poor child.
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VanceUppercut
Jun. 29, 2012 at 9:03pmCruel bastards who get pleasure out of torturing defenseless people? They sound like Cons to me.
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tharpdevenport
Jun. 29, 2012 at 8:50pmHow much has she made now? Beck was predicting by the end os a radio show she’d be a millionaire, but the next day I saw on The Balze over $700,000.
I have to say though, just how much will these kids learn? What good will their “service” be to the community, in light of their treatment of a community member?
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FlowerBell
Jun. 29, 2012 at 8:42pmIf Karen Klein had been a black lesbian the children would have been executed.
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VanceUppercut
Jun. 29, 2012 at 9:04pm@FlowerBell
If she had been a black lesbian, you would be on here now defending the kids’ “religious right” to bully her, and calling their punishments a sign of Fascism.
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FlowerBell
Jun. 30, 2012 at 1:17amNo, no I wouldn’t. And you need to keep up on current events.
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I Love Howie Carr
Jun. 29, 2012 at 8:34pmI’m shocked they did anything at all, but how much is all this going to cost the town? The parents should be footing some of the bill. I never would have acted that way as a kid. I don’t think any of us would. All kids go wild sometimes and make mistakes but hurting some old lady that way is something I could never imagine in school.
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kickagrandma
Jun. 29, 2012 at 8:32pmGood. If the children AND their parents learn from this and alter their attitudes and behavior positively, that is a good thing.
If the children’s friends AND their parents learn from this, that, too, is a good thing.
If the school district’s bus drivers AND the school district also learn from this and apply this lesson to conduct codes, that will really be awesome.
Congratulations to the school district for having the courage to stand up for decent, acceptable behavior.
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LameLiberals
Jun. 29, 2012 at 8:31pmHow STUPID are SHEEPLE that they REWARD this PUBLIC UNION employee
for NOT DOING HER JOB AS A BUS MONITOR
AND allowing the children on her buses to be bullied FOR 20 YEARS because she could NOT even stop her own bullying.
If the bully hadn’t posted the youtube video, she and the children she FAILED TO PROTECT WOULD STILL BE GETTING BULLIED.
I bet that “B” will NOT share her $300,000 with ALL THE CHILDREN SHE FAILED TO PROTECT FROM BULLIES BY NOT DOING HER JOB AS A BUS MONITOR. What if it was YOUR KID she failed to protect because she did NOT even protect her.
This story sickens me.
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LameLiberals
Jun. 29, 2012 at 10:33pmI know ONE THING
SHE TOTALLY COMPLETELY FAILED at her job as a bus monitor and should have been FIRED years ago. And, if it was YOUR CHILD she failed to keep from being bullied – you would be after her job also.
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