Windham, MAINE

TRUST US WITH YOUR CHILDREN

Jan 11, 2008 - The town counselor says that he heard that a school bus driver told a supervisor that he was despondent about his divorce and wanted to kill himself. He was told to pick up 51 students anyway, then report back to the office.

In their defense, the district Superintendent says that's not exactly right.

In statement released today, they say the bus driver told his supervisor that he was resigning because he was upset over a personal matter, but would make his last morning run. He then added that he "had a gun in the woods".

The superintendent's office says the driver got back on the bus while his supervisor was on the phone and the supervisor then called police.

The town counselor wants a town meeting to get more information.

TT - We can tell you right now, bud, if this was a tenured teacher, you wouldn't learn squat even if he'd killed himself in the school cafeteria with a cannon in front of 95 elementary schoolers. But since it's a bus driver who is probably not unionized, they'll eventually give over his whole personnel file, complete with a PowerPoint presentation. But any questions about the what the supervisor did are strictly none of your business.

You just need more experience with an educational bureaucracy.