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Bus Driver Fired for Kitten Rescue
17 Oct
Summary
- A bus driver was fired for letting a student rescue a kitten.
- The student and his mother are petitioning for her return.
- The school board cited safety concerns for the dismissal.
A Harford County Public Schools bus driver was fired after stopping her bus to assist a student in rescuing a kitten. The student, Alex Thomas, recounts that the driver, Cynthia Morgan, allowed him to exit the bus with the stop sign deployed to retrieve the small animal. Morgan had driven the bus for 11 years without incident.
Alex and his mother are campaigning for Morgan's reinstatement, with a petition exceeding 13,000 signatures and support from PETA. Alex expressed his wish that the focus be on what happened, stating his driver did nothing wrong. He also hopes to adopt the kitten.
The Harford County School Board President, Lauren Paige, stated that decisions must consider potential risks alongside good intentions, emphasizing that allowing a student to exit a bus into a roadway raises legitimate safety concerns. The district's action followed the incident on Heaps School Road.
