SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Video of a fight on a Bullitt County Schools bus last month showed just on incident of many this year in the district, records show.
The video was posted all over social media in February showing two seventh-grade Bullitt Lick Middle School students on their way home from school. In the video, you can see a student reach over the bus seat and pull another student's hair and begin punching the student and threatening to kill her.
The mother of the injured girl said her daughter had a concussion, and the bus driver saved her daughter's life. The district said this incident is still under investigation.
Altogether, there have been 31 bus fights this school year in the district with 14 from Bullitt Lick Middle School, the most of any of its schools. The district said the bus fight numbers include student-to-student fights and student-to-staff fights. For the data listed in the documents, the district says the numbers reflect full school years except for this school year.
Records also show BLMS ranking No. 1 for bus incidents that led to student discipline with 57 cases. District-wide, records show there have been 328 bus incidents so far this school year.
Superintendent Jesse Bacon says, "The situation at BLMS was investigated following the appropriate protocols and procedures. This investigation concluded on March 1st. Due to confidentiality and to protect the minors involved, there is not much we can release, especially regarding student discipline, placement, etc. Following this incident, district staff reviewed policies and procedures with both our transportation staff and the staff at BLMS."
He says, "District staff also followed up with all individuals involved in the incident to provide additional support and restorative practice. In addition, since this incident, route adjustments have been made so that there are now two drivers/buses operating on that route, which means a lower student:driver ratio."Â
The mother of the student injured last month said her daughter just returned to school this week, and the other student was placed in an alternative school.
BCPS is the seventh-largest school district in Kentucky with more than 12,000 students.
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