Bullied Bus Monitor Raises $550,000

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Updated Apr. 21, 2017 4:39PM EDT / Published Jun. 23, 2012 3:02PM EDT

Karen Klein might be going on a permanent vacation. The online fundraising drive to send the bullied 68-year-old middle-school bus monitor off for a little rest and relaxation has now far surpassed its $5,000 target, shooting past half a million dollars Friday. On Tuesday a video of middle-school boys taunting Klein while on a school bus in Greece, N.Y., went viral, raising sympathy for Klein. “I am so sorry for the way I treated you,” one of the boys, identified as Josh, wrote in a letter to the bus monitor. “When I saw the video I was disgusted and could not believe I did that.”

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Bullied Bus Monitor Raises $550,000