Parents frightened after school bus drops kids off on side of Ritchie Highway

Some Severna Park parents said they were frightened after their children were dropped off by a school bus on a busy Ritchie Highway.

The students were supposed to be dropped off at a nearby aftercare center. The school system said the issue has been resolved and no one was hurt.

Students who were dropped off on Ritchie Highway — in an area with a 50-mph speed limit — had to run by two ponds and through a busy parking lot to get to the center.

Lauren Lathrop’s daughter spoke up about the unattended drop-off.

“Told the bus driver, ‘Hey, this isn’t where we are usually dropped off,'” Lathrop said. “The bus driver says, ‘No, this is the stop.’ She says, ‘But there are a lot of cars, I don’t feel safe.’ And the bus driver proceeded to tell her to get off the bus.”

“It was a lot of shock,”