A bus driver in Colorado was caught on camera slapping a Fremont Elementary School student across the face last month.
The driver, Bertram Jaquez, was on his route when an argument between girls on the bus prompted him to stop the vehicle and intervene in the adolescent quarrel.
Security footage from the bus shows the driver reaching for a ten-year-old girl’s mask and trying to lift it over her nose.
The young girl, who let her nose out from under her mask because she felt ill, was then slapped across the face by the aggressive driver.
In a written statement to the school district, Jaquez tried to justify his outburst, saying, “Out of reaction, I slapped her once.”
The school bus driver is now facing misdemeanor charges including harassment, assault causing injury, and child abuse.
Read the following statement from Fremont School District below:
“We believe it is never okay to lay a hand on a child. The District responded quickly to the situation by placing the driver on administrative leave so that we could fully investigate the incident. Local police were involved during the investigation as well as us being in contact with the child’s family. The driver’s action justified termination of employment, as it goes against District policy and our values. We are very saddened by this incident. Our goal every day is to transport students safely to school and back home, but that can only happen when everyone, including students and staff, follows the rules. We are currently working to identify next steps to help our drivers with strategies designed to support a safe ride to and from school.”
A portion of the district’s termination letter to Jaquez revealed he previously put hands on a student over a mask confrontation, writing, “This is the second time this year where you have physically touched a student out of anger. The first incident was August 19, where you grabbed a student by the arm after a verbal argument about wearing a facial covering.”
The child who was slapped by the bus driver wrote the following note detailing the incident.
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