Bus monitor to retire but denies it’s due to bullies

A school bus monitor who was shown in a video being relentlessly bullied by a group of boys has said she will retire.

Karen Klein, a 68-year-old grandmother, said that the decision to leave the job she held for three years was tough, but was not based on her now infamous encounter with mean-spirited 12- 15-year-olds, who tormented her with profanity, insults and threats during a bus run in June.

A 10-minute video of the episode went viral. One viewer decided to try to raise $5,000 (€4,080) to send Ms Klein on holiday after the episode but the campaign unexpectedly took off and spurred an outpouring of more than $700,000 in donations from all over the world.