School bus driver: 'I admit that I made a mistake, so I resigned'
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SNOHOMISH, Wash. -- Dan Taylor admits he screwed up.
The former school bus driver admits he gave in to his frustration when he grabbed a 6-year-old girl by her backpack and threw her down to the ground.
The January incident was captured by a camera aboard the school bus.
During the incident, keeping order turned into a hollering match between Taylor and the bus load of students he was steering through Snohomish County.
"Hey, hey, hey!" Taylor shouted as he drove.
But at one point, the noise apparently became too much.
Taylor is seen grabbing a hold of Kynzie Reavely and yanking her to the ground.
"That's what's going to happen if I hit the brakes. Now get in that seat and sit down," Taylor is heard saying.
Taylor says the kids were quickly getting out of control when he reached out and grabbed the 6-year-old. But even he was shocked when the school district showed him the video.
"I admit that I made a mistake, so I resigned," he said.
But the girls' mother says that's not enough.
"I don't want him to be able to drive a bus again at all," said Ashley Reavely.
The video footage captured another incident just moments after the girl was pushed by Taylor -- the driver is seen stopping the bus, getting up and appearing to grab a boy sitting behind her.
"By what I saw in the video, he was pretty comfortable with what he was doing. He didn't apologize to anybody," said Reavely.
The Snohomish School District filed a formal complaint with the state superintendent this week, asking for Taylor's case to be reviewed.
Taylor says he kept telling the district behavior was getting out of hand aboard the buses, but it only got worse.
"They've overloaded the buses this year," he said. "I'm used to having 40 or 50 kids. I now have 70 kids on that bus."
Taylor says frustration got the best of him, and now he's paying the price.
Reavely says Taylor had no right to rough up her daughter, and blames the school district for not notifying her immediately.
"She could have came home (injured), if she would have hit her head or something," she said. "And something could have been wrong with her and I would have no idea what it was."
The state superintendent's office is now reviewing Taylor's license in the wake of the incident. Prosecutors are also reviewing the case to determine whether criminal charges are warranted.
The former school bus driver admits he gave in to his frustration when he grabbed a 6-year-old girl by her backpack and threw her down to the ground.
The January incident was captured by a camera aboard the school bus.
During the incident, keeping order turned into a hollering match between Taylor and the bus load of students he was steering through Snohomish County.
"Hey, hey, hey!" Taylor shouted as he drove.
But at one point, the noise apparently became too much.
Taylor is seen grabbing a hold of Kynzie Reavely and yanking her to the ground.
"That's what's going to happen if I hit the brakes. Now get in that seat and sit down," Taylor is heard saying.
Taylor says the kids were quickly getting out of control when he reached out and grabbed the 6-year-old. But even he was shocked when the school district showed him the video.
"I admit that I made a mistake, so I resigned," he said.
But the girls' mother says that's not enough.
"I don't want him to be able to drive a bus again at all," said Ashley Reavely.
The video footage captured another incident just moments after the girl was pushed by Taylor -- the driver is seen stopping the bus, getting up and appearing to grab a boy sitting behind her.
"By what I saw in the video, he was pretty comfortable with what he was doing. He didn't apologize to anybody," said Reavely.
The Snohomish School District filed a formal complaint with the state superintendent this week, asking for Taylor's case to be reviewed.
Taylor says he kept telling the district behavior was getting out of hand aboard the buses, but it only got worse.
"They've overloaded the buses this year," he said. "I'm used to having 40 or 50 kids. I now have 70 kids on that bus."
Taylor says frustration got the best of him, and now he's paying the price.
Reavely says Taylor had no right to rough up her daughter, and blames the school district for not notifying her immediately.
"She could have came home (injured), if she would have hit her head or something," she said. "And something could have been wrong with her and I would have no idea what it was."
The state superintendent's office is now reviewing Taylor's license in the wake of the incident. Prosecutors are also reviewing the case to determine whether criminal charges are warranted.
I s sad to hear that, but I bet he will move to another state and get a job as a school bus driver and no one will know, but I am going to write a review about this driver at ratemybusdriver.com to make other parents aware of him wherever he goes anyone can search for him and this comments will pop up, I invite you to do the same, or write review on your child's bus driver good or bad just make others know them, please so we can avoid all of this bad things happening to our children.Â
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