I think the parents are responsible completely. If this child was known to unbuckle himself and act unrestrainable or uncontrollable, because of mental problems, they should take that child to where he needs to go. Not leave him with a driver that already has too much attention and worry about navigating the the road and traffic. I also think in this instance, it was not the drivers fault. No one can predict what a mentally challenged child will do when not be supervised. I left my grandson for 3 minutes at the kitchen table with a bowl of cereal and he set a toaster on fire, THAT FAST, he stuck his paper napkin in it and pushed it down! The extent of his disabilities are unknown and I do not let him out of my site now. His mom not only drank and drugged when she carried him, she and her pos boyfriend beat him and locked him in his room for days on end with no bathroom privileges. He is the sweetest boy, I cannot turn my back now and leave him with teachers and drivers who don't know what he is capable of. I know he struggles everyday to be a good boy., but he still 'expects' to be beat and abused. I didn't hear about an attendent on this bus for this child...if that person was absent they should have gotten a replacement, or not left the parking lot. Sounds like everyone failed this time. My Prayers are with this child's recovery.

So Papakilo considering something went wrong while this child was growing in his mother's womb and he was born mentally handicapped he should be held to that same standard as everyone else his age? Or should the parents be held responsible for having a mentally handicapped child? I am not sure what the bus company or DCPS policy is on the attendants. But if the attendant was supposed to be in the last seat on the bus and was not. Should the child and parents still be held responsible?

From what I understand this was a 'special needs' child. I have dealt with one for about a year one and let me tell you, I cannot let this child out of my sight...no matter how many times I tell him something that will hurt him, he just does not get it. He is the sweetest boy of 6 now, but his moms drug use while she carried him gave him behavior problems of a 2 year old. So the Doctors testing continues.

When will people start using their brains god gave them? Emergency doors , just don’t open. They are opened by the child in the bus and the result is, they fall out. Those doors need to be deliberately opened by a person desiring to open them. Stop blaming schools and bus drivers when the problem is your child NOT obeying rules, restrictions, laws and adults in authority. The child is the problem and their parents are to blame, NOT society. I am tired of listening to the media and certain organizations placing the blame on society and not where it belongs….ON THE PARENTS! “We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker." ~ Ronald Reagan