Articles labeled: Colton Elementary School

A high school student is being hailed for her quick reflexes as she pulled the brake of an out of control school bus loaded with elementary children. She brought the bus to safety when the bus driver fell and hit her head.

…but here’s the rub, she wasn’t supposed to be on the bus to begin with and was on her way home, feeling “ill” (but more likely playing hooky) so her school is giving her detention!

Boo!!!!

Amanda Rouse wasn’t supposed to be on the bus with 40 elementary school students. But it was a good thing she was, because the high school student managed to stop the vehicle after the driver fell out of her seat.

But even though the 15-year-old Marina High School student averted a possible tragedy, she is being disciplined by school authorities for being on the bus in the first place.

Rouse was sitting behind the driver’s seat and pulled the emergency brake when driver Christine L. Graves fell out of her seat and down the stairs as she made the turn in Seaside about 8 a.m. Wednesday.