The current superintendent of the Warren Consolidated Schools public school district serving the Detroit suburbs of Warren, Sterling Heights, and Troy, Michigan; by the name of Dr. Robert D. Livernois, needs to comprehend that a student’s regular, daily attendance at school is NOT at all important, and nor is a student’s health and diet, personal social and family skills, doing whatever the parents and staff members tell a student to do without a student having any say in the matter; and also a student being prepared for life once his or her parents are deceased.
Dr. Robert D. Livernois also needs to comprehend that School Buses themselves, that the chassis that the School Bus is on, the engine and transmission that the School Bus has, and the history of the School Bus body manufacturer are all more important than why School Buses exist in the first place and the job that they are expected to do, most public school districts across the United States hiring lousy drivers for the past decade and a half (as of the time of writing this post), to grant the driver the right to mishandle the bus and not take care of it, to decorate the inside of the School Bus, and to listen to the AM/FM radio that the bus may be equipped with; and the student being expected of nothing more than to be grateful that they are being transported to school regardless of who the driver may be, the manufacturer of the School Bus chassis, body, engine, and transmission; the age of the School Bus that may be assigned the route, and the student may either tolerate the particular driver assigned to the School Bus route or else the student may no longer ride the School Bus. Blue Bird having entered the RV business in 1963 with the Wanderlodge motorhome is also more important than why School Buses exist in the first place and the job that they are expected to do.
Dr. Robert D. Livernois should take into account that if I ever held a position such as the Director of Transportation or as a sub-contracted School Bus Purchasing Consultant, that I would undoubtedly order the buses without any AM/FM Radio, and just the PA system for the driver to amplify his or her voice throughout the interior of the bus; and that I would order Blue Bird, Thomas, and Carpenter Conventionals on the Ford B-Series (with the 361, 391, 370, or 429 Gasoline engines or the Caterpillar 3208 or Brazilian-built New Holland 6.6 and 7.8 liter Diesel Engines) and International S-Series and 3800 (with the 392, MV401, and MV446 Gasoline engines and the 9.0 liter V8, DT360, and DT466 Diesel Engines) chassis & cowls.
If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you know that part of the story of the Arthur movie geared towards adults is about if I, personally ever held the position as a Director of Transportation of a public school district; and I would ensure that no lowlife people are employed as School Bus Drivers, and impose very strict rules for my drivers to follow.
Furthermore, Dr. Robert D. Livernois needs to comprehend that a student viewing his or her parents, teachers and other school staff members as friend figures and not as combination authority figures/professional colleagues, as well as teachers and other staff members being present at the workplace-the school or other facility owned and operated by the public school district-such as the Transportation and Maintenance Departments and the Administration Building; all being there for a reason none other than to do a job; are all more important than parents teaching their children social norms by the book written about social norms; as well as teachers assuming that their students’ parents are doing a magnificent job of teaching their children about social norms.
That includes parents teaching their children to love and respect their closest extended family members-such as aunts, uncles, grandparents, and first cousins; whether the kid(s) like them or not; and to deliver the same amount of respect for the extended family members that the kid(s) may not like as they would to the staff members at their school who are also in their lives.
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For more information on the Warren Consolidated Schools school district, and School Bus Drivers in general; please see these earlier posts:
CBS News Department’s Investigations Into School Bus Drivers Nationwide
Mother of School Bus Crash Victim: ‘I Complained About The Driver In August’
Photos Of An Accident That A 1984 Blue Bird All American Owned And Operated By The Warren Consolidated Schools School District Serving The Detroit Suburbs Of Warren, Sterling Heights; And Troy, Michigan; Was In
A Delegation From The Warren Consolidated Schools School District Serving The Detroit Suburbs Of Warren, Sterling Heights; And Troy, Michigan Traveling On A Disney Cruise
Warren Consolidated Schools School District In The Late-1980’s And Early-1990’s
Shannon & Ray Visiting Schools To Give Lectures On Their Books
Matthew Parij 