If they don't say everyone will make up their own stories.

They don't have a licensed driver available to haul the kids. You need a CDL to transport school kids I believe.

have been placed on administrative leave," per the article.

I believe it's an "equipment driver", not one hauling kids. He hauled their STUFF.

trips in junior high. If he had been in trouble for something like that, we would have never missed a game. It would have had to have been a crime against one of us kids at least to have even missed anything.

and no doubt the parents do too, never mind what the kids are thinking.

1. What is the FBI doing there?
2. What does a volunteer driver have to do with both band directors being on leave?
3. What does both band directors being on leave have to do, ultimately, with "kids' safety"?

Riddle me all that, and maybe you'll have a story Until then, it's all bafflegab, and what's going on is ultimately confusing everyone and hurting the kids.

Interesting enough, who pays the insurance for a volunteer to haul kinds and equipment in a private vehicles.

unless there is a chaperone. Especially, for high school students. Especially at night. Especially for out of town. Especially in Tennessee.

As for myself: On 3 occasions, i was asked to be a bus driver without a chaperone. On 2-3 other occasions, there was a chaperone. The dispatchers helped make sure that i knew procedures as all of the passengers were special needs.

there’s a wide range of possible troubles.

Implies inter-state crime.

Story only mentions the Sheriff's office, leaving me wondering why not also the State Police?

missing the opportunity to rack up a championship! It's not like the school library was closed, 50% of the kids are failing, or sex education or book burning was going on! This is IMPORTANT!

Must be something "woke" in the sport.

WTF are you smoking, son? Do you have a clue what a band is? It's a musical enterprise, composed of nerds who play instruments, kids who play MUSIC while also moving around on their feet, sometimes in very complex patterns, plus a bunch of other kids who do complex things with flags, batons, etc. Now you can consider that a sport if you like. Most people consider music a "frill" to be eliminated from the schools. I am here to tell you that symphonic band is difficult and marching band is ten times harder. Perhaps it is you who needs to go back to school. Music helps kids learn other subjects.

Is a disruptor.

I thought about reporting him, but wasn't sure what to report him under, so I didn't. The post pissed me off, though. I was in band at one time but I quit because of marching band--I am not coordinated enough to play music while marching in fancy patterns.