Bullied school bus monitor to retire on $700,000 of online 'vacation' donations

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employee who has been bullied to tears by a group of students from seventh may retire after samples online support

bus monitor school who was bullied mercilessly to cry for a group of seventh grader said he would retire some $ 700,000 richer.

Karen Klein, a grandmother of 68 years, said the decision to leave the position he held for three years was difficult, but not on the basis of his meeting with the grade now seventh notorious miser, who tormented with obscenities, insults and threats at a bus carrying as he finished the school year in June.

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10 minutes of the episode went viral and urged supporters to create a fund to send the woman intimidated in a "dream trip". As of Friday evening, about $ 703,833 has been raised.

"I will not resign because of what happened. This is not all," Klein said in his home in the suburb of Rochester Greece. "J "I enjoyed working with children. But I guess it's my time to go. This is what I've decided. "

if his mind is made up, said he has not yet submitted documentation that would officially retired.

• Before becoming a collaborator bus Klein drove a school bus for 20 years.

She said she will be busy in retirement, perhaps as a volunteer in organizations that help those affected by bullying and suicide.

committed suicide Klein eldest son 10 years ago, so all the more odious ridicule of students ". I have no family, all killed themselves because they do not want to be near you "