Rachel Nafzinger said the driver took away her blind 8-year-old son's cane and replaced it with a floppy pool noodle, a sick and twisted punishment for acting out on the bus.
Dakota Nafzinger was born without eyes, and the cane is the only way he can get around, she said.
"That's his eyes," the Kansas City mom said.
The driver took the cane, which is school property, after the Gracemor Elementary School student hit another bus rider with it, North Kansas City School District Spokeswoman Michelle Cronk said.
Dakota's parents said he was written up for acting up on the bus, but the punishment was just plain cruel.
"Why would you do that? Why would you take the one thing that he's supposed to use all the time?" his mother asked. "He's gone through so much in his life already, 8 years, 8 years."
The penalty left Dakota virtually immobilized.
"It's a lot harder with this," Dakota said, pointing to the noodle. "Can't feel things."
Dakota's parents said he was written up for acting up on the bus, but the punishment was just plain cruel.
"Why would you do that? Why would you take the one thing that he's supposed to use all the time?" his mother asked. "He's gone through so much in his life already, 8 years, 8 years."
The penalty left Dakota virtually immobilized.
"It's a lot harder with this," Dakota said, pointing to the noodle. "Can't feel things."
The 8-year-old was originally sentenced to noodle duty for two weeks, but the school district apologized Wednesday and returned the cane.
His parents said strangers have offered to buy Dakota cane of his very own so he doesn't have to rely on the school's property.
The sad thing is the fact that this boy has better sight than that bus driver, yet he has no eyes.
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