"Missouri Bus Driver Suspended After Making Student Exit Bus And Retrieve Mustard Packets From McDonald’s Next To Highway.”

    In The Huffington Post, KCTV reported an article called, “Missouri Bus Driver Suspended After Making Student Exit Bus And Retrieve Mustard Packets From McDonald’s Next To Highway.” The article was published on September 21, 2012.  A Missouri bus driver asked an eleven year old girl to cross the parking lot and go inside McDonald’s in order to get mustard packets for the bus driver. The bus driver asked for mustard packets because of her blood pressure. There is a policy that students are not allowed to exit the bus unless they have arrived at their destination, but the bus driver did not follow this policy.  The driver is currently placed on a temporary leave. Parents do not feel comfortable with leaving their children in the bus driver’s hands because anything could have happened to the unsupervised eleven year old as she went to get the mustard packets. School bus drivers are given the responsibility to make sure a child arrives at their destination safely, and the bus driver’s act was nothing close to being responsible. If the bus driver was aware of her sudden blood pressure elevations, she should have been prepared. When one is given the responsibility to make sure a group of children are safe, they should not make decisions that only benefit them.