A former Conroe ISD bus monitor has been arrested and charged in an assault on a 17-year-old high school student last week.
Donald Tisdel is charged with assault causing bodily injury, a Class A misdemeanor, after allegedly hitting a student multiple times on a school bus picking up students at Conroe High School. Class A misdemeanors are punishable by 1 year in jail and a fine of up to $4,000.
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In a 30-second video posted to Instagram and Nextdoor, the student appears to be exiting the bus when a school district employee pushes him to the floor of the bus and hits him about four times. As the student tried to get up, the employee appears to push him back down several times. Students on the bus can be heard telling the student not to hit back. The student then gets up and turns toward the camera where blood can be seen on his head.
The student was treated and released from an area hospital.
According to the arrest affidavit, bus surveillance video viewed by a CISD police officer showed the beginning of the incident where Tisdel and the student engaged in a verbal argument and he tells the student “put your hands on me, that’s what I want.”
The student can then be seen moving quickly to the front of the bus where he bumps chests with Tisdel. Tisdel then pushes the student back and strikes him several times with a water bottle, the affidavit states.
The student was treated and released from an area hospital, authorities said.
CISD Director of Communications Sarah Blakelock said Aug. 11 the employee is a bus monitor with the district’s transportation department.
“We are disturbed by this unacceptable behavior which is not representative of our hundreds of hard-working transportation staff,” Blacklock said. “The individual is no longer employed by the district.”
