“Out of respect to English only students there will be NO speaking Spanish on this bus.”

A Pennsylvania school bus driver who was fired after posting a handwritten sign banning students from speaking Spanish on her bus has spoken out, insisting she was not being racist but attempting to prevent bullying.

Diane Crawford, a 66-year-old driver with 30 years of experience, posted the sign reading: “Out of respect to English only students there will be NO speaking Spanish on this bus.”

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In an emotional interview with Local 21 News, Crawford wiped away tears as she defended her actions: “I didn’t mean to be racially insensitive or anything like that. Maybe I should have worded it differently. Maybe it should have said, ‘No bullying in any language,’ but I didn’t mean it to be anything but to correct” a specific student.