Senior Deputy First Class B. Connelly responded to Margaret Brent Middle School for a report of an assault on Aug. 27.
Connelly’s investigation revealed a 13-year-old male student had been disorderly on the bus by yelling profanity on the way into school. When the bus arrived at school, the bus driver contacted the school staff.
The principal boarded the bus and made contact with the student. The principal asked the student to leave the bus, and, as the student was exiting the bus, he (student) threw his books at the bus driver, striking her in the head and chest.
The student was arrested and charged with assault and disturbing a school operation/activity.