words and actions will affect a person for the rest of their life,” added Mitte. “You may not mean everything you say, and then again, you may. But we all deserve to be treated with respect. Let’s make equal- ity and respect the gold standard.” But there are two sides to the prover-


bial coin, the other being frustration felt by many that Jones’ behavior is being revered instead of being disdained. During the last part of the NAPT bullying session, the panel moderator opened the floor to ques- tions, something that had some behind the scenes worried. Talk of a contingency from Florida protesting Jones’ appearance had been spoken about in hushed tones before the start of the session. Mike Connors, director of transporta-


tion at Brevard (Fla.) District Schools and president of the Florida Association of Pupil Transportation, addressed the audience by first commending Jones’ courage to attend the event. Ten, Connors explained that he had viewed the tapes from Chatari Jones’ bus and had not seen any of the instances of bullying that had been alleged in the news. “Jones should have taken his daughter to


school that morning, approached a school administrator and reported his daughter’s problem with bullying,” said Connors. “If he had, the school could have reassured his daughter they would take action, inves- tigated the complaint, reviewed previous school bus videos to verify the charges, interviewed other students and then take the appropriate action. Te school district was never given a chance.” Te incident has since caused Connors


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doing their jobs by monitoring bus behavior and investigated the original complaint, then Mr. Jones would not have had to board the bus.” — David “A school bus driver has enough to


worry about without an angry parent illegally boarding the bus and verbally bullying the driver and students. Cer- tainly, Mr Jones can be commended for standing up against anyone bully- ing his daughter. Te way he did it was WRONG! I am a school bus driver and do have a child with CP.” — John H


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