Indiana

Stop the Bus

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

My sources are telling me tonight that the Franklin Township School Board is recommending that Philip Leslie, the bus driver arrested for operating a bus with a blood alcohol content level of 0.22  be terminated.

Leslie was charged with four counts, including felony neglect of a dependent and operating a vehicle with with a BAC of above 0.15 with a minor passenger in the vehicle.

Sources also say at the time Leslie was operating the bus, he had more than 100 children on board and it was described as a chaotic situation from the moment he got on the bus and the district wants to make an example of him.

If I were the school district, I would be working very hard to settle any possible litigation by parents.

Ironically, there is a public meeting tomorrow night at seven with the school district and Drug Free Marion County on the subject of underage and binge drinking.

Full post as published by Indiana Barrister on March 09, 2009 (boomark / email).