School Bus Drivers Trying To Keep the Peace

By Adrienne D. Coles

Pulling out of the parking lot of Starr Elementary School in Oregon, Ohio, with a busload of 50 students was just part of the daily routine for veteran school bus driver Shirley Sullivan.

But one day this month, as she approached a busy intersection, the increasing noise level of the students caused her to pull the bus into a day-care center's parking lot to calm the students down.

It was not an unprecedented move by the driver. And similar scenes get played out on school buses around the country every school day, as unruly or merely high-spirited youngsters force drivers to play disciplinarian...