{"id":6822,"date":"2024-12-20T23:54:44","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T23:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/?p=6822"},"modified":"2024-12-20T23:54:44","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T23:54:44","slug":"little-girl-attacked-on-bus-principal-calls-video-gruesome-and-horrifying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciencesandnatures.com\/little-girl-attacked-on-bus-principal-calls-video-gruesome-and-horrifying\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Girl Attacked on Bus, Principal Calls Video \u2018Gruesome and Horrifying\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cShe can\u2019t tell them to stop. She couldn\u2019t get away because she\u2019s in a five-point harness car seat. She just had to sit there and take it, and the bus driver wasn\u2019t stopping,\u201d an upset mother explained after seeing what her young daughter endured on the school bus. And, it\u2019s heartbreaking, to say the least.Lillian Waldron, a 10-year-old little girl with developmental delays, attends Langlade Elementary School in Green Bay, Wisconsin. To get to and from school, she rides a bus with other students who also have special needs, sitting in a child safety seat with a five-point harness directly behind the bus driver.\n\n\n</p><div class='\"wp-block-image\"'>\n<figure class='\"aligncenter\"'><img decoding='\"async\"' src="%5C%22http:%5C/%5C/safewould.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/12%5C/1.webp%5C%22" alt='\"\"' class='\"wp-image-1168\"\/'>\n\n\n<p>One would think such an arrangement would provide the utmost safety for the nonverbal little girl, but her parents found out that sadly wasn\u2019t the case. When Lillian, affectionately called Lilly by her parents, came home on a Monday afternoon, she ran to her mother crying, holding her arm, and was inconsolable. Lilly doesn\u2019t speak. So, her mom didn\u2019t know what was wrong. She would find out, however, when she took off her daughter\u2019s shirt and uncovered a grisly sight.\n\n\n</p><div class='\"wp-block-image\"'>\n<figure class='\"aligncenter\"'><img decoding='\"async\"' src="%5C%22http:%5C/%5C/safewould.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/12%5C/3.webp%5C%22" alt='\"\"' class='\"wp-image-1170\"\/'>\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe loves baths and that\u2019s soothing to her. So, I brought her home and I was getting her ready for the bath. I took her sweatshirt off, and that\u2019s when I noticed,\u201d recalled Lynn Waldron-Moehle, Lillian\u2019s mother. The disabled child\u2019s tiny upper arms were covered in major bruises, indicating the torture she was forced to endure as her safety seat prevented her from getting away from the abuse.\n\n\n</p><div class='\"wp-block-image\"'>\n<figure class='\"aligncenter\"'><img decoding='\"async\"' src="%5C%22http:%5C/%5C/safewould.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/12%5C/4.webp%5C%22" alt='\"\"' class='\"wp-image-1171\"\/'>\n\n\n<p>While sitting right behind the bus driver, Lillian Waldron was repeatedly bitten by another student, unable to tell her tormenter to stop. But, although Lilly can\u2019t speak, she does make sounds when she\u2019s in pain \u2014 sounds the bus driver should have heard and investigated. Instead, the driver did nothing to help. That\u2019s why her parents are speaking out.\n\n\n</p><div class='\"wp-block-image\"'>\n<figure class='\"aligncenter\"'><img decoding='\"async\"' src="%5C%22http:%5C/%5C/safewould.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/12%5C/5.webp%5C%22" alt='\"\"' class='\"wp-image-1172\"\/'>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe seat was right behind the bus driver and he couldn\u2019t hear anything going on or see anything? Come on,\u201d Chad Waldron, Lillian\u2019s dad, said in disbelief. Making matters worse, the incident was caught on video that\u2019s been described as \u201cgruesome and horrifying.\u201d\n\n\n\n</p><p>According to a representative for Lamers Bus Lines, all Green Bay Area Public Schools buses have video recording devices on them and bus drivers are allowed to step in if an altercation happens. But, that\u2019s seemingly not what happened during the incident involving Lillian Waldron.<br>\n\n\n\n<figure class='\"wp-block-embed' is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio><div class='\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"'>\n<iframe loading='\"lazy\"' title='\"Girl' with special needs bitten on school bus width='\"500\"' height='\"281\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/www.youtube.com%5C/embed%5C/WSyyuPlY_qs?feature=oembed%5C%22" frameborder='\"0\"' allow='\"accelerometer;' autoplay clipboard-write encrypted-media gyroscope picture-in-picture web-share referrerpolicy='\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"' allowfullscreen>\n\n\n\n\n<p>The school district said they are investigating the video from the bus, but according to the child\u2019s mother, the principal already watched it, and he was disturbed by what he saw. \u201cHe said it was gruesome and horrifying to look at. That the girl was brutally biting my daughter\u2019s arm,\u201d Lynn said.\n\n\n</p><div class='\"wp-block-image\"'>\n<figure class='\"aligncenter\"'><img decoding='\"async\"' src="%5C%22http:%5C/%5C/safewould.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/12%5C/6-1.webp%5C%22" alt='\"\"' class='\"wp-image-1174\"\/'>\n\n\n<p>\u201cSeveral administrators and myself immediately reached out to the family,\u201d a statement from school district Superintendent Michelle Langenfeld said. \u201c[We] met with them to address their concerns and provide support to ensure the physical and emotional wellbeing of our student.\u201d\n\n\n</p><div class='\"wp-block-image\"'>\n<figure class='\"aligncenter\"'><img decoding='\"async\"' src="%5C%22http:%5C/%5C/safewould.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/12%5C/7.webp%5C%22" alt='\"\"' class='\"wp-image-1175\"\/'>\n\n\n<p>Ensuring that wellbeing is as easy as having an adult watch over the kids, according to the Lillian Waldron\u2019s parents. \u201cIf you can\u2019t keep an eye on these kids and they are special needs, then you need to bring somebody in, you know, to be watching if the bus driver can\u2019t do it,\u201d Chad said.\n\n\n</p><div class='\"wp-block-image\"'>\n<figure class='\"aligncenter\"'><img decoding='\"async\"' src="%5C%22http:%5C/%5C/safewould.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/12%5C/8.webp%5C%22" alt='\"\"' class='\"wp-image-1176\"\/'>\n\n\n<p>\u201cI would like to see this not ever happen to another child. No other child needs to go through what Lilly went through,\u201d Lynn added. So far, the school has made two changes to prevent the incident from happening again. First, the student who bit Lilly is no longer allowed at the elementary school. Secondly, Lilly will ride to and from school in a van with two adults going forward.\n\n\n</p><div class='\"wp-block-image\"'>\n<figure class='\"aligncenter\"'><img decoding='\"async\"' src="%5C%22http:%5C/%5C/safewould.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/12%5C/9.webp%5C%22" alt='\"\"' class='\"wp-image-1177\"\/'>\n\n\n<p>But, are these solutions enough? Shouldn\u2019t someone also be held responsible for neglecting their duties, whether that\u2019s the school or the bus driver? Yes, the driver has to watch the road, but he or she also has a responsibility to ensure the safety of all children on the bus.\n\n\n</p><div class='\"wp-block-image\"'>\n<figure class='\"aligncenter\"'><img decoding='\"async\"' src="%5C%22http:%5C/%5C/safewould.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/12%5C/10.webp%5C%22" alt='\"\"' class='\"wp-image-1178\"\/'>\n\n\n<p>If this wasn\u2019t possible for any reason, the employee had a duty to let make the school aware that the situation was not safe. If this was an out-of-the-ordinary exception to the usual ride, the driver should have pulled over and addressed the issue as a priority \u2014 just like we would expect them to do for a child experiencing a medical emergency.\n\n\n</p><div class='\"wp-block-image\"'>\n<figure class='\"aligncenter\"'><img decoding='\"async\"' src="%5C%22http:%5C/%5C/safewould.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/12%5C/12.webp%5C%22" alt='\"\"' class='\"wp-image-1179\"\/'>\n\n\n<p>Instead, the bus driver\u2019s only focus seemed to be on driving. As a child undoubtedly shrieked in pain right behind the person responsible for keeping her safe, her cries were ignored, and the result was so much worse than it had to be. Rather than being bitten once, which is admittedly bad enough, she was bitten again and again until she was covered in bruises that visually represent only a fraction of the intense pain and fear she must have endured.\n\n\n\n</p><p>An aid for the bus sounds like a viable solution, but many complain it would be expensive for taxpayers who fund the district. However, so is a lawsuit when the lack of oversight and supervision leads to a preventable injury or worse. If another child can bite this little girl to this extent without someone intervening, what else could they have done? And, what if it was your child? What price do you put on their safety?\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><div class='\"mh-excerpt\"'><p>\u201cShe can\u2019t tell them to stop. She couldn\u2019t get away because she\u2019s in a five-point harness car seat. 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