# Ask Lex  
**Published:** 2026-04-21T21:00:00.000Z  
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I heard about that incident last week where a parent allegedly punched a Fayette County Public Schools bus monitor, and it got me thinking. What's the actual protocol when parents feel their kids are being mistreated on school buses? Do we have cameras on all our buses now?

We absolutely do have cameras on all Fayette County Public Schools buses. All buses are equipped with digital video cameras that record in color and produce audio, and those recordings can be used to document events and responsibility for actions on the school bus. So there's a complete record of what happens during transportation.

That's reassuring. But what should parents actually do if they have concerns about how their child is being treated on the bus?

The district encourages parents to report any issues through appropriate channels rather than boarding the bus, and they want you to report the specific details of what happened and when it occurred directly to your school's administration or the transportation department. You can reach transportation at eight five nine, three eight one, four three zero two. The key thing is parents aren't permitted to board school buses at all, and that policy is in place to maintain a secure environment for students and staff during transportation.

So what happened in that incident last Thursday was definitely against policy.

Exactly. The parent, Tori Wright, faces a felony charge after allegedly punching the bus monitor multiple times on April sixteenth.

The district has made it clear that any form of physical aggression toward school employees is taken very seriously and will not be tolerated. That's why there are proper channels for addressing concerns, and with those cameras recording everything, there's accountability on all sides.

Good to know parents have options that don't involve getting on the bus themselves.

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