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Posted: Fri May 16th, 2008 12:44 am |
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happyworking-
Sounds like this guy at kingswood is creating a "hostile work environment". I would think Dysart would legally have to do something to get him to back off. I know my boss wouldn't allow anything like that to continue. I say don't put up with it!
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happyworking
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Posted: Wed May 14th, 2008 06:14 am |
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| I was so much happier when Durham was in-here as were a lot of others. and thats why a lot of the good drivers that would have done anything for them Quit and the bus monitors are to from what I see. lost one more this week. Dysart has driver ageist driver, just like at Kingswood. why is that driver that comes and yells at us for get to the school before him aloud to do this. I seen him go up to the buses in the loading zone and flip out on them. and from what one of the drivers is saying there will be nothing done because the audio didn't pick up the threats he made to her. I sure hope I'm not the first bus next time. I can't put up with being yelled at I'll be fired from this place for-sure brother. and the thing about all of this is that the teachers see whats going on and take his side. Why you ask because they want to go home and if they need to wait for all of us to leave that could take until after 3:00 p.m. and that driver he doesn't have anything after kingwood from what he told others. so whats the big deal when he leaves.
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Posted: Tue May 13th, 2008 09:26 pm |
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I think the problem is for the drivers, not with the kids so much. from what my friend said they all still have major problems with the Dispatch in the a.m. they say to one thing and the p.m. tells them to do something else. my friend said she was told one-thing from a.m. and p.m. said they needed to change things to make the day work, and she basically got her head bitten off the next day by a.m. dispatch. not only that. those poor drivers have to put up with alot of B.S..... the Dispatch window be shut in there faces, the ugly looks they get, the time wasted waiting for the dispatcher to get to them, and when dispatch finally does get around to them. they get YES CAN I HELP YOU??! like it not dispatch job to help the driver. and that Boy that took over Operations from what my friend said he is never there and when he is he acts like he know everything but nothing gets done. that she has made so many complaint's to him and he only passives the drivers with what they want to hear.
so I think thats why it was posted worst it's ever been. But i could be wrong.
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Posted: Tue May 13th, 2008 08:54 pm |
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| The way I hear it most of the employees are pretty unhappy there. Too much favoritism and inconsistency with rules. I also heard that they've lost a lot of good people including some of the bosses in transportation. Just not the right bosses though. IMHO unhappy people on the job makes people get sloppy and unsafe. It's a good thing school is out soon. They better get it worked out before school starts up again.
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Posted: Tue May 13th, 2008 05:06 pm |
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Worst it's ever been?
Hmmmmm that would take a lot of doing. Back in 1997 when I had a preschooler, my son was put on the bus to take home (he hadn't been going home for a month, he was to go to the sitter's house as he had been for a month) The driver who was a substitute just dropped him off at our door and drove off without making sure there was an adult at home. My child was not very verbal and is autistic.
He was found running down Bell Road and some wonderful couple took him and put them in their car and drove him to some model homes in our neighbor hood. They called the cops who took him to the nearest school which just so happened to be where his preschool was and they recognized him. I am forever grateful to this anonymous couple who I am sure thought this was just a neglectful parent scenario.
There is much more to this story (me calling the school to find out why my child was late getting to the sitters before i knew he was missing etc) but the fault was directly at the transportation department's feet for not having an updated route list for a substitute and also the bus driver not making sure someone was home to receive a child.
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Bettysue
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Posted: Mon May 12th, 2008 09:09 pm |
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well I guess she kisses A___ really good then, because she's still driving,and she lied on how it happened. and thanks for letting me know about that Zonar is that what you called it. I learned something new day.
THANKS.
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Posted: Mon May 12th, 2008 07:20 pm |
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ya got me on that one, but I do know the tapes dont give speeds, Zonar does and from what I understand you can get away with murder if you admit to it, but lie about it and they let you go.
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Posted: Mon May 12th, 2008 03:33 pm |
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I got my info from one of the the drivers. and it was a women who hit a fence as she was going in to country side. and from what i was told she was speeding, and she also lied and said she had a coughing or sneezing attack when it happened. and the tape was pulled and thats how they know she was speeding when it happened and knot what she originally told. as far as the $5,000 i can believe that. PARTS ARE NOT CHEEP AND THIS IS A BIG BUS. so if a hole was made like what was told to me. THEN I BELIEVE IT. so like i said IF this is what really happened then why is SHE still deriving. and yes she is because the driver that informed me of all this See's her every day.
I believe that it's the same old Bologna that was going on as before. I have hared this same stuff when Durham was in. and it is call FAVORITISM one is terminate and the other is still kissing butt and still there. and thats how it works everywhere.
But if i have been told this, and it's not true I'm sorry for asking, i just want to know the truth.
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Posted: Sun May 11th, 2008 07:49 pm |
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I heard the driver that hit a bus in a loading zone lied about not pulling the brake. There is no half on half off. Many of us saw him and he did not pull the brake until after he hit the other bus. Also he 'quit' but I think he would have been canned other wise. As for the guy who hit the fence, he is aiding, or is it aideing now. He also 'quit' driving. I don't know where u got the 5000 dollar figure. the driver at the school damaged 2 buses, I am sure that cost money. I thought the guy who hit the tree limb on greenway did the most costly damage, or the lady who hit the light pole. I am guessing neither of them lied about what happened. When I went through training with Durham we were all told, tell the truth. actually when I was raised up I was told that too.
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Posted: Thu May 8th, 2008 11:53 pm |
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can someone tell me if it's true about a driver that was CANED for hitting a bus in a loading zone, but the driver who hit a gate while speeding and turning in to a loading zone that cost Dysart $5,000 to get that bus fixed is still driving for Dysart. the way I heard it was the driver that hit the bus didn't have the parking brake pulled out all the way. and thats when he got out of his bus thats when it rolled in to the bus in front of him. and he was terminated. but the driver that cost Dysart $5,000 is still driving and still speeding.
I also have a friend that drives for Dysart and they say they will not be returning next year because of all the bootie kissing to get the hours, and the a.m. Dispatch never knowing whats go on until it to late. WOW thats to bad. as far as the to higher ups go they do need lot of house cleaning this summer if they want the good driver back and to keep the good ones they have now.
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My access to any knowledge about goings on at Dysart Transportation is a good neighbor, a retired gentleman, who's driven a bus there for several years. I chatted him up this evening as he passed by the house walking his dog, and told him about these postings on the forum. He said he was familiar with them, as are most of the drivers. I asked him what's the big problem. He said morale couldn't be lower, expecially amongst the new hires who can't get enough regular work and the 25% or so of the drivers who have been there two, three, four years and are just fed up with the lies and BS. He thinks a fair number of them currently don't plan to come back next year. He said he's pretty frustrated and disgusted and probably won't either unless some things change real quick.
I asked him what needs to be done. He said there are a couple of management people who came in new at the beginning of the year, whose incompetence was apparent from the beginning and should have been let go months ago, and whose replacement before the end of this year would give the drivers the most hope that some fairness and sanity and real improvements might be expected to be in place for next year.
Sounds to me like some higher-ups have been and are still asleep at the switch, and if they don't act quickly and do some spring housecleaning they may have to get licensed over the summer to get ready to drive their own buses next fall when a lot of their current drivers may not show up as expected.
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Posted: Tue May 6th, 2008 02:07 am |
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| i think that the majority of educators and bus drivers decided to get into this profession did so because we wanted to make a difference and love these kids. the sad reality is every school district in this country is top heavy. it doesnt matter what level of education or how dedicated or how good of a job you do it doesnt matter. if you dont know or kiss the right rearends you are out of luck, you will hit a glass ceiling. this is known as politics. all you people that that have all these student loans that you cant pay off because you are underpaid should have done your homework before you got into this profession.
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Posted: Mon May 5th, 2008 05:28 pm |
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Wish I could have been at that meeting. After what my daughter went through and what I went through with Mr. Thompson and the district office and now this; it is SO obvious that Sr. Management is the problem. Christine Pritchard forces changes to her personal benefit and gets away with it. I'm sure using fear of being fired as her pressure.
Until a new School Board is elected in November, this district will continue to be a disaster. I'm just hopeful a new School Board can fix it. Most likely it will take years because we have to wait for the current Super's contract to end. At least I think that is how that works.
Thanks for the input from everyone, enlightening.
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Posted: Mon May 5th, 2008 12:40 am |
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If the last Board meeting is any indication, they are all getting fired. A recently fired bus driver stood up to speak and let the Board have it, referring to Charles Otterman, Bridget Otterman and Christine Pritchard as the "Three Stooges".
Based on his comments, it seems that any in subornation or disagreement with upper management gets you fired even with a perfect driving record and perfect attendance.
Perhaps a more informed bus driver can provide more details into this particular situation.
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Posted: Sun May 4th, 2008 10:30 pm |
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| everybody should worry about your health. we are forced to breathe all this dirt, I could be wrong but it appears to me nobody seems to be very concerned.If you get sick , good luck getting any sick pay. Everything is smoke and mirrors.
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OldEagleEye
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Posted: Sat May 3rd, 2008 02:40 am |
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BD -- Maybe all the bus drivers are too tired to comment. Or maybe they've all moved on to other pastures..........there sure were plenty of them with plenty to say on the forum six months to a year ago. Anyway, I hear things down at the old bus yard are no better in general, and lots worse in some ways than when a contractor ran the buses a year ago. The only thing looking up is costs, so I hear.
Too bad about the child that got run over. Hope he's alright. I hear he fell off a curb under the back wheels while running after the bus and being chased by another kid. If so, sounds like it probably wasn't the driver's fault, but they'll probably try to hang him for it anyway.......the "kiddies" can do no wrong in this town IMHO.
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Posted: Thu May 1st, 2008 03:59 am |
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Posted: Thu May 1st, 2008 12:30 am |
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I was wondering when we would start hearing about the Busses again.
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Posted: Wed Apr 30th, 2008 05:47 am |
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SENCE WHEN DID THE MECHANICS STOP GETTING A PAY CHECK AND STARTED RECEIVING FOOD IN PAYMENT FOR FIXING OUR BUSSES. CUZ I SEEN AND HEARD IT MANY TIMES,A MECHANIC ASKING "WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO BRING ME TO EAT", AS FAR AS IM CONCERN THEY GET A PRETTY FAT PAY CHECK TO FIX THE BUSSES. AND SENCE WERE BLASTING PEOPLE IN THE BUS YARD HOW IS IT THAT ONE OR TWO DRIVERS CAN GET 20-40HRS OVER/TIME WHILE OTHERS ARE STARVING TO GET 30 HRS TO GET THERE BENEFIT'S, CORRECT ME IF IM WRONG PLEASE" BUT DIDN'T I HEARD THAT A DRIVER WAS FORCED TO QUIT CUZ SHE STOPED FOR 2 MIN IN FRONT OF HER PAD TO USE THE TOILET SO HER BLADDER WOULDN'T EXPLODE AND OTHER DRIVERS PARK EVERY MONDAY IN FRONT OF THERE HOUSE FOR TWO HRS AND NOTHING EVER SAID ABOUT THAT,SO THAT DRIVER IS TOTALLY MILKING IT FOR ALL IT'S WORTH,WANT THE # 4_5 FIGURE OUT THE MIDDLE # WITH YOUR GPS. IF IT WORKS. WHY IS THE DISTRICT OVER BUDGET? BECAUSE DRIVERS MILK THE CLOCK ,WRECK BUSSES WORTH 1,000S OF DLLS IN DAMAGE AND STILL WORK IN TRANS,RUN OVER KIDS TO GET LAW SUITS, SENDING THREE BUSSES FOR FIELD TRIPS WHEN THERES ONLY THREE KINDER CLASSES TOTALING 90 PASSENGERS IS THIS REALLY NECESSARY CONSIDERING HOW MUCH FUEL IS, PLUS THE DRIVERS PAY, BUT WHEN YOU GOT ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY MILLION TO BLOW ,WHO CARES. BUT THATS OK BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS OF SURPRISE ARE PAYING THAT BACK WITH YOUR UTILITY BILLS AND H.O.A. FEES IF YOU HAVE ONE.
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