As a parent of school age children, I'm so proud of these kids and support them 100%! We expect our school bus drivers to be trained professionals. Who would ever think that the bus driver would be drunk? And it happened in our own backyard of Alfred in the Allegheny County school district, back in 2010.

Perhaps you've heard of this story before, but as a recent transplant back home to Buffalo, I've just discover the story reported by WIVB TV and just had to exclaim how proud I am of these kids.

The report posted by Little Things said that:

The bus driver, Martha Thompson, spent 12 weekends in jail and was on six months of home electronic monitoring along with five years probation and mandatory alcohol counseling.

Thankfully, no one was injured and the kids had the courage to open the emergency door in the back of the bus to get out.

[Little Things]

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