Literacy advocates, beware. This news story might break your heart.
Eight-year-old Sarah Auger, from St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, was told she was no longer allowed to read books on the school bus. The bus driver thinks it poses ” a safety risk to the other students”.
When the child’s father challenged the rule, the school board conceded that “obviously” reading was not dangerous. Yet, Mario Champagne, the general secretary and director of communications for the Hautes-Rivière school board, said, “The responsibility of a school bus driver is to transport students safely”. And since the bus driver makes the rules- No Reading!
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That’s shocking!