Karen Klein the bus monitor we covered in the our story Justice and Fundraising for Bus Monitors has announced that she plans on retiring from her job. Don’t shed a tear for her yet though, it’s not a sad story.
The fundraising campaign started in her honor has raised over $700,000 dollars. Karen plans on donating parts of her windfall to Down syndrome and Autusim charities.
Here is a news clip as she gets to meet the man that put it all together for her:
Karen is deciding this might be as good a time as any to make an exit.
I’m not quitting because of what happened. That’s not it, I enjoyed working with the kids. I guess it’s just my time to leave. That’s what I’ve decided.
That’s going out in style Karen!
As for the kids that taunted her doing her ride, the school system in the Rochester suburb of Greece suspended the four middle school students for a year, keeping them from regular bus transportation.
How does Klein feel about this punishment?
“It’s fine with me,” she told the AP.
Klein said they’ll still be going to an alternative school – “they won’t be just sitting at home doing nothing.”
But the best part of her ordeal going public, and the resulting school action, “is that they have to do community service – for senior citizens,” she said, her voice rising with emotion.
“Hopefully everybody out there knows how much I appreciate everything,” she added.
I think justice has been served in Karen’s situation, lets roll on from here.
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