"Pilar Prosper"

With toddler and newborn siblings at home, Pilar was thrilled to ride the bus home from school. Her family befriended the driver, even giving him a photo of Pilar in a school bus frame. The bus was often late in the afternoons, sometimes by hours. Pilar was the last child to be dropped off. District officials always gave a reasonable excuse. Pilar's parents were shocked when, the next year, Pilar's bus driver was arrested for repeatedly molesting two sisters, ages five and seven, for an entire year. They had been the last children on his bus. PISD suppressed the incident from the public for 3-1/2 months, only notifying "affected families" 133 days later. Pilar's parents are deeply concerned that she was also victimized. The perpetrator has died. PISD has provided no apology, answers, nor resources. Psychologists told Pilar's parents they lost a lot of time and her evaluation is inconclusive. They, "have to learn to be ok not knowing."