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.”

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.