Court Denies Emergency Injunction Request for School Bus Suspension
A father of two children suspended from a district bus transporting them to a charter school had asked for the injunction when he filed a $50,000 lawsuit against Centennial.
A judge issued a ruling from the bench that denied an emergency injunction for Centennial School District's decision to suspend bus privileges for two boys that representatives from the district say created an unsafe environment while being transported to the MaST charter school.
Upper Southampton attorney Michael McGuigan filed a $50,000 lawsuit earlier this month against the district on behalf of his two sons, claiming in court documents obtained that their civil rights had been violated.
Testimony from the school bus driver that detailed the disruptive behavior, from Wayne Robinson, director of transportation for Centennial, and Assistant Superintendant of Operations William Gretton, that provided information regarding the district's school bus conduct policy, was enough for the judge to provide the ruling in the school district's favor.
While the injunction was denied, McGuigan can continue with the original lawsuit.
According to the Pennsylvania Charter School Law enacted in 1997, free transportation will be provided to students attending a charter school within the district, to any charter school of which the district is a member or if the charter school is within 10 miles of the sending district, a condition that MaST meets.
ingrid
7:24 am on Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Maybe the parent should parent his children how to behave correctly rather than throw his weight around and file a lawsuit. He should be embarrassed by the kids behavior and teach them right from wrong. Just reinforces why people do not hold in high regard many lawyers. He is one example.
KAREN COHEN
7:37 am on Tuesday, November 8, 2011
I had to pull my children out of Philadelphia Academy Charter School b/c Wayne Robinson did nothing about my kindergartener being left in the back of the bus asleep after the other kids were dropped off.
Then he told my teenager (who found his brother) that he couldn't take that bus anymore b/c he had "other runs". Yea that bus driver ran right to Edison Rd. and read his newspaper and drank his coffee .
Thanks to Wayne my kids had to leave a school they loved and Wayne and the bus driver took no blame. BTW MAST and PACS are around the corner from eachother so I wonder if it's the same bus driver?