Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Bus Monitor Gives Kindergartner Aspirin

SWISSVALE, Pa. - THE PITTSBURGH CHANNEL.com

A mother told WTAE Channel 4 Action News that she's thankful her 5-year-old is OK but she's still angry that a bus monitor recently gave the child an adult aspirin on his way to school.

"That's my baby, and if anything was to happen to him, I don't know what I would do," April Jordan told Channel 4 Action News' Michelle Wright. "Anything could have happened to him taking that, and it just hurts that an adult would give my baby an aspirin. It's unreal to me."

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Jordan said her son, De'Shaun, was being driven to his kindergarten class at the Propel charter school in Homestead. The bus company was First Student and was chartered by Woodland Hills School District.

The bus monitor gave De'Shaun and another child aspirin when they complained of feeling sick, Jordan said.

"My stomach was hurting," De'Shaun said.

De'Shaun took his pill, but the other child gave it to a teacher at school, and that's how the word about what happened got out.

"Is he safe in school? What's going on? I just want some answers. I need some answers, and I'm going to get some answers," April Jordan said.

First Student had no comment Friday. Propel also had no comment, other than saying it was looking into the situation.

"I can confirm it did happen and can tell you that bus monitor will never be on a Woodland Hills bus run again," a Woodland Hills representative said.

Jordan said she has explained to De'Shaun that he should ask her before taking anything like that aspirin again.

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