A new video is going viral this week showing a furious father confronting staffers at his daughter’s elementary school after learning that a school bus driver had driven off without his daughter for a third time.

Tristan King confronted officials at Norton Elementary School in Snellville, Georgia after his fourth grade son called him in a panic to tell him what the bus driver had done.

“He called us screaming that his sister wasn’t on the bus and they wouldn’t wait for her or let him off to find her,” Tristan said.

The devoted dad later took to Facebook to say that when he confronted staffers, they threatened to ban him from school property unless he had a police escort.

“The first time I was calm and understanding, because I understand it could happen,” King can be heard explaining in the video below. “The second time, I was mad but I let it go. The third time my son called me from the bus crying, screaming, talking about he don’t know where his sister is.”

“My son told them to stop. He said, ‘don’t pull off. I cannot leave without my sister.’ And they told them to leave anyway,” his wife added. “My son was on the bus screaming and crying and y’all still told the bus to pull off.”

Video of the confrontation has since gone viral, being viewed over two million times. Principal Melanie Lee responded in a letter to parents by saying that Tristan’s daughter had not been lost and instead had merely missed the bus.

“It is reasonable for a parent or sibling who does not know where the child is to be worried and upset,” she wrote. “There is no question that ensuring that students get to and from school safely is the school and school system’s responsibility.

“Mr. King had every right to be upset and the whole thing wasn’t handled well,” added Sloan Roach, a spokeswoman for Gwinnett County Public Schools. “School officials have reviewed things on their end and some new policies and procedures have been put in place.”

The spokeswoman went on to say that school officials have arranged for Tristan’s son and daughter to be escorted to the bus each day, and that this “is working well.” Tristan, however, is claiming that this arrangement only lasted for a few weeks and things have since gone back to the way they were. In his mind, this situation is not resolved.

“I haven’t spoken to anyone,” he said. “I’m worried that this is an epidemic that has been swept under the rug.”

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