Lakewood bus driver who reported students praising KKK faces complaints about job performance

LAKEWOOD — A bus driver whose complaint led to the arrest of four 15-year-old boys at a Lakewood private school for bias intimidation now faces allegations of poor job performance, according to a report on APP.com. The bus driver, Sharon Peters, complained that the four teenagers were praising the Ku Klux Klan and using racial slurs. The Lakewood school...

Mitsu Yasukawa/The Star-LedgerFour boys were arrested in Lakewood after a bus driver reported they were using racial slurs.

LAKEWOOD — A bus driver whose complaint led to the arrest of four 15-year-old boys at a Lakewood private school for bias intimidation now faces allegations of poor job performance, according to a report on APP.com.

The bus driver, Sharon Peters, complained that the four teenagers were praising the Ku Klux Klan and using racial slurs. The Lakewood school district's attorney said administrators at the school in question complained about the bus driver's performance following the arrest. Civil rights leaders say the allegations of poor performance are untrue, the report said.

Previous coverage:

• Four Lakewood teens are accused of bias intimidation for using racial slurs in presence of bus driver