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BUS MONITOR HAS LAST LAUGH
Tuesday, August 28, 2012    
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Raises Lots Of Money; Bullies Suspended

Remember the 68-year-old New York State bus monitor brutally bullied by kids on a school bus?

"You're fat. You're so fat you take up the whole seat."

She's taking advantage of her 15 minutes of fame to fight bullying.

Former bus monitor Karen Klein's goal was $5,000 -- but she raised over $700,000 from donors around the world who were shocked by the YouTube video of her bullies. With some of that money, she started the Karen Klein Anti-bullying Foundation.

"Well, the goal of the anti-bullying campaign is to help teach kids and teens about being kind, friendly and playing nicely with others."

Klein took some of the money and spent it on a vacation. The kids who bullied Klein received one-year-suspensions.