The Beauford Gazette reports that the Beaufort County School District, as it rolls into its first year of operating its own bus fleet, has plans that include stricter punishments for kids who misbehave on school buses.
The South Carolina district is taking a three-strikes approach to bus discipline, according to superintendent Jeff Moss. If students commit three violations on the bus, they can lose their riding privileges for the remainder of the school year, the new rule states.
Previously, administrators could only suspend unruly riders for up to 10 days at a time, resulting in some students being punished frequently over the course of the year.
