I sincerely hope the student was not seriously injured and makes a quick and full recovery.

Not to dispute what you are writing John, but according to the article this accident was at the end of Centennial at Street Road, not at the high school. Perhaps this had more to do with the weather then the bus driver having "little or no regard to traffic laws".

Mr. Packard the buses all come to a complete stop. If you've ever seen one pull right out then it was a fluke. I've had kids there for years and never once did I see a bus pull right on out. The crossing guard who was there for years did a great job and she allowed no one to pull right out. Sometimes traffic was stopped to let buses out so that they can get to their next route.
I believe the ACCIDENT happened nearer to the intersection of Centennial and Street Rd. I certainly hope all involved will be okay and officials will get to the bottom of this with level heads. I will keep the child and the driver in my prayers.

well alexis i am the childs mother and according to police reports and statements from numerous witnesses my SON HAD THE RIGHT AWAY across the crosswalk and proceeded across the street as he should have as did the students that were BEHIND HIM so if it were not my son that was hit this morning it would have been one of the children behind him so do yourself a favor and do AS YOU SAID if YOUR UNAWARE of the truth and wanna make speculations then KEEP EM TO YOURSELF thank you !!!

@JamieLynn - I hope that your son recovers quickly. Thankfully the accident was not worse. I will say that in the past few years, Centennial school bus drivers seem so to be unaware of other vehicles or pedestrians on the streets. Not all the bus drivers, but many of them drive too quickly, change lanes (on Street Road) without regard to vehicles in the other lane and constantly pull out of the high school driveway in front of oncoming traffic. Perhaps if we all report the bus numbers to Transportation, something will be done. Good thoughts and quick healing to JamieLynn's son.
As for Alexis, you are a student at the high school and obviously a nurse also. Your diagnosis of "MINOR visible injuries" is an astute one for your age. Perhaps you should think before accusing others of being 'Ignorant'. The student could have had internal injuries NOT visible to your hawk-eyed observation. Thankfully the student was cared for by EMT's and not a know-it-all student on the bus.

Alexis you are right except for one minor point the student was walking across the street with his head down and not paying attention to what was going on around him and walked into the side of the bus right behind the drivers window.I was behind him and could not believe he did not see that big yellow bus.

Hey Jane, maybe she was at the hospital with him and awaiting his return from having tests done. Or maybe he was finally resting at home and mom had some time. You have no idea of the situation at the time of this mother defending her son so how can you pass such judgement? Also, don't you think the mother would have been told by the police what the witnesses said at the scene? She would know what happened and would be able to properly defend her son, who by the way, is her SON! Every mother has the right to defend their child. I know I would, and I would never make a comment about a mother in distress having no class. That right there shows just how much class you must have, and the lack of respect for a mother in that situation, that's just sad...

so rumor has it that im a bad mother and need more class for posting on a website defending my son,well let me tell ya something im not here on this earth to be classy im here to protect my children & their well being and if me defending my sons name & him against being bullied in school because of this then oh well guess im a horrible mother but know I take care of my Family without help from others & have & will do or give up anything for my kids, and you can bet your ASS that i will defend my children with all that i am til my last breath on this earth ! sorry i do not meet up to your standards as a mother but then again im not looking for your approval either

I think the drivers do a wonderful job.not only are they driving they must control what is going on in their bus.yet they get our kids to school safely and promptly. they care about their job and do the best they can. I think there are a lot of people on the road that pass when flashing lights are on among other infractions.We should wait till the investigation is complete before we judge. PETE

the imginary bus stop that you say is there for the high school students is NOT there, they couldnt obtain another driver for it to be there so its actually behind the jefferson on the creek apartments.you made the statement OBVIOUSLY the boy couldnt manage to get to mcdonald school on time? WRONG my son chooses not to ride on buses for THIS VERY SAME REASON he has been on them before and the bus drivers scare the crap outta him with their driving,my son does NOT have a cell phone yes i know this is hard to believe,some parents feel their kids dont need electronics attatched to them at every move,next you say the boy was hit on the side of the bus by the stop sign how does that happen?it happens because the boy was already walking across the crosswalk half way to the other side by this time the said bus driver had clear visual on the road next to him but DIDNT for whatever reason and hit my son so please by all means try and point blame as you say on the"obvious" things we could blame and not the fact at hand that the drivers are too distracted while driving,yes thankfully my son wasnt seriously injured and the driver should be devestated anyways at the simple fact that he hit someone who clearly had pleanty of time to be seen before he left the light,my son is devastated and while the other injuries will heal with time the mental side of it will be with him for a long time but lets hope the driver doesnt lose sleep over it because i wouldnt want him devasated too

HAHA! Yes, actually, I do have the cleanest driving record you can have, thank you very much! I have never had an accident, ticket or any kind of violation, ever. This is due to the fact that I do not text and drive, talk and drive, or ignore anything. I pay attention like I was taught to do 20 years ago when I learned to drive. It is total assumption on your part to say "he was walking across Street rd with his head down wearing dark clothing on a rainy dark morning, not paying attention, maybe texting, probably wearing headphones and walked into the side of the bus as he was making a turn onto Street rd." Wow! Not every parent thinks their child should have electronic devices just because everyone else does. You actually made a lot of assumptions in your piece. Do you have a copy of the police report? Bet the mother does. Do you have copies of witness statements? Bet the mother does. Were you there? Doubt it. Maybe you should keep your assumptions to yourself like most of the smart people do until they have facts to make judgements with. I understand you do not want the driver persecuted until he is proven guilty, but you should not do just that to the child either. That would make you a total hypocrite.

Perhaps 'No one is suppose to be crossing Street Rd to get to Tennent' but they do. Not enough bus drivers available to warrant a bus for those from Reeves up. When my children attended Tennent, they were not bussed & unless they were driven to school, they had to cross Street Road either at Newtown or Reeves. Not a safe crossing and a few students were hit by vehicles. But I do thank you for 'telling' us how the accident happened. I do hope you related your eye-witness account to the police.

I think it is unfair for anyone to immediately come to the conclusion that child was in the wrong. Even if he was walking with his head down, wearing dark clothes, wearing headphones, etc., if he had the green light, he was in the right. In my opinion, no school bus should be permitted to turn on a red light. In fact, many accidents occur because of vehicles turning on red in front of traffic. Not the case here, it was a child vs school bus, the driver should have been in complete control of the bus and the accident would not have happened. Centennial-Reeves-Street Road intersection is not a safe one to begin with and if the bus driver drives that route daily, they would know.

I am thankful the boy wasn't seriously hurt because that would have devastated his family, friends and others. Do not really have much concern if the bus driver had been devastated. Amazes me how some turn the accused into the victim. I hope the young man recovers quickly and does not have lasting problems.

If people follow your guidelines, I could assure you that every single bus driver would have a call in on them. You know, being the bus driver that you were/are, that sometimes, you may have to speed, or roll through a stop sign. Bus drivers can't do this, as you know. I could see both sides of this argument. I don't know whether the student walked in frontof the bus or the bus driver wasn't paying attention. Like I said before, I was walking in front of a bus in the Tennent lot and it began to pull forward. They just don't pay attention. And if they really cared about the safety, why do they slam on the brakes when kids a re standing to cause them to fall over?

Joe Schmoe...if you don't report it to the proper manager how can they rectify it? No I don't roll through stop signs in a bus nor in my own car and I don't speed. I'm not a fan of tickets so I just drive the speed limit.
Saying "they don't pay attention" is unfair. I PAY ATTENTION.
To my knowledge bus drivers only put their brakes on quickly to avoid hitting the car in front of them. Sometimes the car ahead will slam on their brakes and it is unavoidable. Did you notice the seat backs are high?...thus keeping the kids from being thrust forward and from being injured.

I don't know this driver or this child. I hope everyone will be okay.

HONEST MOM.....I am in the high school and go to tech. On the first day of school this year, I took the wrong bus from Log back to my house. Students from the middle school were standing up and the lady SLAMMED on her brakes. He was standing in the aisle. The kid flew forward and hit another seat and his side was hurting. She continued to drive. I agree with you that it is unfair for me to say that it is all of them, but it is most of them. They know that it is their word against the kids word when it comes to that situation.

Joe Schmoe I urge you to have your parent call the district if that happens. If a child is hurt it should be reported. I'm sorry that such a thing happened to anyone. First off the driver should not be moving if ANY child is in the aisle.
I would have pulled over and seen that the child was okay before proceeding. I'm sorry that happened to anyone.

Joe Schmoe, You are a student. Not sure how old you are or if you drive. Do you stand in your parents car when they drive? Do you jump around and scream in your parents car? Way back when I road the bus the bus drivers yelled at us and made us sit down too. You as a child (yes I did say child) do not know the hazards of what your actions on the bus can cause. I am sure that the bus driver asked, then told, then did what she felt was necessary to get the kids to sit down and listen. You children probably also had some choice words for her too. Do not judge someone who is trying to do what they can to protect you.

Lisa Gresley, she did tell the kid to sit down. She then yelled at him to sit down. He didn't. Twas a new bus for her, also, so she didn't know the kids names. I do understand that I am still a child, being 16 years old, and no, I don't drive. But you know that a driver shouldn't think that they have to slam on the brakes. I would also NEVER disrespect a bus driver to their face or say anything to their face. Never. And I do know the hazards.

You can easily remember a bus #. When you have time pull over dial 411 for information and get the number for centennial. The next step prompts you to push the number for transportation:)

Yeah hello Tiffany, Tax Dollars!!!!!!!!!!!! I bet you would be on that post as well bitching about the taxes going up because of costs!

I'm so sorry. I did not realize that you follow me around all day and know what I proactively do! I also did not realize that it was my job to put out my own money and do the job of the busing companies by checking up on their employees. But since you seem to know all about me, do I not feed my children dinner, or do I not get my son his epi-pens, benadryl and inhalers that go everywhere with him so that I can unnecessarily use my own money to report all the bad bus drivers? You are a very, very judgemental person. You have no idea what I proactively do every single day, nor do you know my financial situation, which by the way, yes calls to 411 would break my bank as my family has recently been hit by a financial tragedy. I can complain all I want because I believe I have that right, and I didn't complain, simply pointed out a fact that it does cause people to talk and drive more by having to report drivers that should be checked up on by their own company. You chose to judge me, assuming I only talked and complained about bad things and never did anything to solve them. I do what I can every chance that I can, and never, ever judge a book by it's cover. oh, and... :))))) back at you!

Honest Mom (Kudos!!!!!!!!!!!)

You have a sell phone correct. Save the number to your contacts, no need to call 411. Just saved you some money. You don't know anyone elses life either. I agree with Honest Mom in the fact that if you want to complain about something, take the time to go to the proper place to complain. Posting on this page is not going to do anything but get you even more pissed off.

And we go back to my comment, pay attention to how you drive first then worry about others. Are we not all human and make mistakes. I know I do. Just saying. All of the comments on this page about the bad bus driver are just missing the point of the report. Should we not just be concerned about the welfare of the child that was hurt. It should just be a wakeup call to pay more attention on the road. STOP ACCUSING PEOPLE OF BEING HUMAN!!!!!!!

Oh, OK. Because I am followed all day and you all know that I do not complain through the proper channels. Hmmmmm...assumptions...assumptions...assumptions...guess I know what you all are. I NEVER, EVER CLAIMED TO KNOW ANYONE ELSE'S LIFE. Read. I stated my own opinion which is just that. I am not trying to force people to do anything. I am allowed to post what I want within reason and that is what I do. You don't like it, don't read it. Kudos to you all too for all your judgements and assumptions! ;)

Oh, and Lisa, I'm not pissed off. I don't get pissed off over assumptions, I shake my head and ignore it when it gets down right infantile. Bye-bye