Parents forced their way into a California school bus after the driver kept pupils aboard during a disturbance, prompting children to climb out through windows. The incident highlights competing concerns over the children’s immediate release to parents and the driver’s responsibility to maintain safety and order until police arrived.

The hour-long standoff occurred on Monday on a Calaveras Unified school bus after a pupil tried to climb through a window while it was stopped. A 12-year-old said the driver told pupils to sit down and close the windows pending law-enforcement attendance; deputies later arrested an unnamed parent on suspicion of vandalism after bus-door glass was broken.