With just one week left before kids head back to school, transportation can become a source of anxiety for some students, as well as bus drivers.

For Kathy Fenton, owner and operator of Fenton Bus Lines, the concern for bullying on her school buses is real.

"When bullying is happening on our buses, it's making students uncomfortable. They can have the same reaction as they do in the school or online. They can have all of that happening to them on that bus and there is only one adult on that bus and they are driving."

Fenton said that when dealing with bullying on the bus, it can be a challenge because the driver not only has to try to stop the bullying but also ensure that they are driving safely.

One of the things that Fenton has found to be a predominant source of bullying is electronics.

"Somebody brings a cell, somebody brings an iPad, and/or an electronic game, and they decide who gets to play that game with them and usually, purposely, people are left out and bullying happens."  

When bullying is happening, it might take a while for the bus driver to notice due to the high seats and the driver focusing on the road.

"There are a lot of times students are under the assumption that we're watching everything they do. We try but we miss a lot. A lot of assumption is that we see it and we're just not doing anything and their too shy to come up - we need to know."

Fenton said it is very important for any student who is experiencing bullying to talk to the bus driver because the driver may not have all the information to react to the situation appropriately.

"We may glance up and see part of it and we didn't really see how it happened, so if we were to react on what we seen in that 30 second glance we could get it completely wrong."

If situations escalate on the bus, Fenton said that her bus drivers will notify the school and work on a resolution for each of the students.