He asked for $20 per hour and they told him no. He says the pay of $18.73 an hour was not worth the trouble. However, this year, he refused to go back. Stephen Thompson started driving a school bus in 2019. No wonder why they're quitting and no one wants to do this." "Like let's wake up and see who's actually treating them poorly. And then they're trying to blame the parents that we're treating them poorly," Samantha says. Get treated like garbage from the students because I find kids don't have any discipline anymore. "First of all, you pay them pennies, and then they're expecting these drivers to keep all these kids safe. In the email to families, OSTA said three drivers have already quit due to "verbal abuse and aggression by parents."īut this family says the blame is being put where it doesn't belong. The Ottawa Student Transportation Authority sent a letter to parents this week, asking them to treat bus drivers with respect. "I could see substance that was kind of cleaned but should have smelled like cleaner not vomit. "It smelled like pure vomit," Samantha says. "Our son is coming home anywhere between 20 to 40 minutes late after school, which is a long day for a Grade 2," Samantha says. Samantha and Ryan Clifton have had it with the student transportation minivan that takes their son to school. The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV News App.However, some are saying there are bigger issues forcing drivers to call it quits. The Ottawa Student Transportation Authority sent an email to parents this week, telling them that school bus drivers are quitting due to harassment from parents.
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