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Teen mom kicked off school bus for feeding infant

Bradenton, Florida— Bus drivers are in charge of enforcing the rules, but when 16 year old Shelby Rayburn brought out a bottle to feed her crying seven month old son Gavin, she was told that was against the rules.

“[The driver] said no food or drinks on this bus,” recalls Rayburn who is a sophomore at Central High School’s special program for teen moms.

The bus driver took Shelby and her son back to school where they were told they’d have to find their own ride home. Her parents say the whole situation just doesn’t make sense.

“He was hungry he was screaming, he wanted to eat. And all she was doing was trying to feed him,” says Shelby’s mother Sherri Baker.

“It kinda hurt me because that’s my son and I need to please his needs. If he’s hungry, I need to feed him,” Rayburn said Wednesday afternoon after school.

Making matters worse, Shelby lives nearly an hour away from school in Myakka City, and depending on how many stops the bus makes that ride can sometimes take up to three hours.

“They’re instructed to feed and diaper the child before they get on the bus,” says Manatee County Schools spokeswoman Margi Nanney who added the bus driver did nothing wrong and was only following rules.

But Shelby feels rules intended for students shouldn’t necessarily apply to her seven month old son.

“I think they need to make an exception. They need to kinda bend the rules and let me feed him.”

Child safety experts say normally infants can go two to four hours without being fed. But Gavin has a medical condition that requires he be fed more often.

School administrators are trying to help making Shelby’s stop one of the first on her route home. As for now though, bottles are still not allowed on the bus.

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Added: Mar-13-2008 
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  • "They are instructed to feed and diaper the baby before they get on the bus"

    Yeah...cause a baby understands schedules...LOL. If a baby does not want to eat just before, it wont.

    Posted Mar-13-2008 By 
    live2007leak (15.28)

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  • funny how florida might once again be the decider factor in the presidential election.

    we need change alright...lets give florida to cuba.

    Posted Mar-13-2008 By 
    Dawsopolis (1618.74)  
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  • Dawsopolis: "funny how florida might once again be the decider factor in the presidential election.

    we need change alright...lets give florida to cuba.

    "

    Yes

    Posted Mar-13-2008 By 
    nattyroots (486.36)

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  • Dawsopolis: "funny how florida might once again be the decider factor in the presidential election.

    we need change alright...lets give florida to cuba.

    "
    Quite possibly the single greatest idea in the history of mankind.

    Posted Mar-13-2008 By 
    Entinlude (1588.00)

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  • Idiot bus driver. He might be a loser in life, but he's king of that bus damn it!

    Posted Mar-13-2008 By 
    Ant00 (616.60)

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  • I would have had the baby arrested because he violate das regelungen und vee must obey zee rules !!!

    Posted Mar-13-2008 By 
    atman100 (171.58)

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  • thats why he is only a bus driver.

    Posted Mar-13-2008 By 
    Simba1 (1152.28)  

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  • All the Right To Life People - need to stupid the f**K up on this one. Hey....Keep the Baby....so deal with a teenager on the school bus with a baby. LOVELY!

    Posted Mar-13-2008 By 
    tonguetied100 (15.28)  

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  • Night_Owl49: "What the fuck is a baby doing on a school bus? "
    coz the mother haven't graduated yet.
    You have regulations but this baby had a medical condition so i hope they can sort things out in the near future.
    It's hard to make rules that apply for everybody because there are always exceptions.

    Posted Mar-13-2008 By 
    beck64 (82556.08)

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  • Warlord47 - you're a f.u.c.k.w.i.t.

    Posted Mar-18-2008 By 
    nitramyar (60.08)  

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  • I BET THE DRIVER WOULDNT OF THROWN HER OFF IF SHE HAD PUT THE KID ON HER TIT..MORE LIKE CRASHED THE BUS PURVIN AT HER BOOBS

    Posted Mar-13-2008 By 
    m1eft paul (277.40)  

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  • we shouldnt allow teens to have babies. they are barely childs themselves. I cant wait to see what kind of idiot(s) will result of her early and irresponsible sexual life.

    Posted May-20-2008 By 
    was_ist_das (30.66)  

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    • @was_ist_das
      your type don't want teens to have sex but you also don't want kids to have access to sex education and birth control. oh and god forbid someone should get an abortion.
      so a girl gets pregnant and has the baby, tries to care for her child, finish her education and look at what real options she has and does her best.
      you see no one is saying a damn thing about the boyfriend. he did the same thing she did. she just stuck around and tries to do the right thing.

      Posted May-27-2011 By 
      jen8933 (1083.66)

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  • It will even be more of a safety issue if the kid kept crying, and would not be quiet. The bus driver will smash into someone if my child was on that bus. If my babies don't eat they will not be quiet no matter what you do. My son would be so loud the bus driver would drive to the mental hospital instead of the school that is if he makes it. I just let my husband watch the kids while I go out, but for teen moms I can imagine it is alot harder without lots of support. I wounder what would happen More..

    Posted Aug-30-2008 By 
    Alice28 (13.90)  

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  • Bible thumpers really have nothing to do with rap, and television. The media, and hollywood big wigs tend to be very liberal.

    Posted Aug-30-2008 By 
    Alice28 (13.90)  

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