start behaving on public buses according to a secondary school deputy principal.

The warning shot was fired by CedarBridge Academy's John Walsh last night following a report of yet another incident involving youths at the school.

The Royal Gazette understands that about five students got on a bus waiting outside the school on Tuesday afternoon and started troubling the driver.

The driver claims he was manhandled by one of the gang and decided, in an attempt to defuse the situation, to get off the bus.

It is claimed that one of the unruly mob then jumped into the driver's seat and started pushing the horn.

The incident follows a spate of similar acts on buses by students in the last two months.

Although Mr. Walsh was unaware of the incident, he stressed that the school would do all it could to stop such antics.

"We don't like unruly behaviour and we are doing all we can to put a stop to it,'' he said.

It may well be that, if the bus company gets angry enough certain bus routes will have to be cancelled at certain times and students will then have to walk to school, although I cannot say if that will happen.

"We are working very closely with the (Public Transportation Board) -- they come here every day and report back to us and give us feedback. We have to all pull together to stop this.'' PTB director Herman Basden confirmed he had received a report on Tuesday's incident.

And he also urged students to "calm down'' so the situation could be resolved.

"The driver must have got out of his seat and one of the students then sat in it,'' he said. "I think the driver behaved admirably particularly when you consider that there was a group of students who were harassing him. He didn't want to inflame the situation and did the right thing by getting out.'' Mr. Basden also said he did not want to single CedarBridge students out as the main troublemakers. And he stressed that all schools should be given time to "calm down'' rather than become media targets.

"The nature of our work brings us into contact with unsociable people and that's something we have to accept and look out for,'' he said.

"CedarBridge students have been given ample coverage lately. I believe that we need to quiet things down but we need to do it without the glare of publicity.

"When it continually appears in the paper I believe that sets in motion other trends. It solidifies people's opinions.

"Unruliness is certainly there and I think some young people are showing very little patience. That troubles me and it's troubling the drivers.''