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MARIETTA, Ga.

Parents are criticizing Marietta school officials after video of a chaotic school bus ride was posted on YouTube.
The incident began last Friday, when school officials said the driver pulled over to write up students who were being unruly.
A cell phone camera captured students on the bus getting more upset, after the students claimed the bus driver refused to let them off.

The students can be seen and heard on the video screaming for help. Students are also seen jumping off the bus through the emergency exit.
One of those students, DeBrandon Harris, said he was suspended from school and cannot return until further notice.

“I didn’t do anything wrong. I was fearing for my life,” Harris said.

But the Marietta High School student and his mother believe that he’s being made a scapegoat for the other students.

“This doesn’t look good on my college application,” Harris said.
Thomas Algarin, the communications director for Marietta city schools, told CBS 46 News Monday that this was the bus driver’s first solo run with these students. It may also be her last. The driver is being removed from her duties pending an investigation.
When the driver finally stopped in a shopping center parking lot, furious parents confronted her.

Susan Caudill said she talked to her son while he was stuck on the bus.
“If you had heard what I heard on the phone, including ‘I’m being kidnapped,’ it would take some years off your life,” Caudill said.

Another parent, Jerrea Harris watched the video and said she never wants to see anything like this again.
“This is unbelievable. I’m very concerned,” Harris said.

The video has been removed from YouTube.

School officials did not release the bus driver’s name. They said the investigation is ongoing.

Officials said they will talk to all of the students who were on the bus.
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So what you’re telling me is that the bus driver who is responsible for the children pulled over the bus because there were children on it that needed to be written up immediately and upon doing so wouldn’t allow students to get off the bus because it was not their appropriate stop and/or could have been a dangerous location (traffic, etc) to allow children off… right?

I’m sorry but “I was fearing for my life” is about the absolute dumbest thing I’ve ever read in relation to a story like this. Sorry kid, no amount of college is going to help you if you seriously think your life was in danger because a school bus full of loud crazy kids is pulled over while the bus driver writes some of them up. You are an idiot and your parents probably are too.
Have we really become this mellow dramatic? This is absolutely pathetic. Both parents and students alike are a bunch of big whiney babies. If my child came home and gave me a tale like this I would look at her like she was crazy then if she had actually gotten off the bus, would be grounded until the end of time.

I mean there are a few items worth noting that you can honestly say “I was fearing for my life” when talking about a school bus incident.

a) someone has a weapon and is pointing at you.
b) someone is beating you to a bloody pulp in the back of the bus.
c) the bus has been involved in an accident and there are massive injuries all around you.

If there was that much chaos on the bus that the driver could not control it, she had every right and responsibility to pull it over to try to address the situation. A chaotic school bus is dangerous because it is distracting to the driver. Pulling it over was the safest action to take and keeping the children on the bus rather than let them off was in accordance to that action. I
seriously don’t think she should be blamed for anything other than trying to take responsibility for a bunch of out of control kids. If anything the parents should be punishing their kids… then again with things the way they are these days any form of “punishment” is considered to be abuse.

I can tell you what. If this happened to me growing up I would have been in some serious crap if I had anything to do with making the situation worse or even more so if I had gotten off that bus if I was in no real danger. I think some parents these days need to have their butts handed to them for immediately siding with their ‘perfect little children’ and not thinking for a minute that they might be the cause of the problems.

Now, keep in mind I’m going off the details handed me by this new article, so based on them, that is how I feel. If the situation was different somehow it may change my opinion, but I’m pretty sure it doesn’t need adjusting.