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A school bus monitor verbally abused by New York students has seen an internet campaign to send her on holiday raise $225,000 (£144,000).
A video of the taunting has gone viral with more than 1.5 million views.
Karen Klein, 68, says she does not want those involved charged, but would like them to be "a little more respectful".
The parents of the four boys involved are co-operating and say their children will be punished, local police Captain Steve Chatterton told reporters.
Capt Chatterton said an investigation was underway, but that the boys' behaviour had not yet been shown to rise to the level of a crime.
Repeat offences
The video shows Mrs Klein trying to ignore a litany of insults by 12- and-13-year-olds. The barbs include profanities, physical ridicule, taunts and her being told to shut up.
Some ask what her address is, telling her they want to steal from her and perform sexual acts.
One boy tells her she does not have family because "they all killed themselves because they didn't want to be near you".
The insult is particularly painful because Mrs Klein's son killed himself 10 years ago, according to CNN.
The school district in Greece, New York, says it may take disciplinary action. At least two other similar videos involving students taunting the bus monitor have been posted online.
"We have discovered other similar videos on YouTube and are working to identify all of the students involved," a statement posted on the district's website said.
Mrs Klein, a grandmother of eight, said she was "amazed" at the support she had received.
"I've got these nice letters, emails, Facebook messages," she told NBC. "It's like, wow, there's a whole world out there that I didn't know. It's really awesome."
A school bus monitor verbally abused by New York students has seen an internet campaign to send her on holiday raise $225,000 (£144,000).
A video of the taunting has gone viral with more than 1.5 million views.
Karen Klein, 68, says she does not want those involved charged, but would like them to be "a little more respectful".
The parents of the four boys involved are co-operating and say their children will be punished, local police Captain Steve Chatterton told reporters.
Capt Chatterton said an investigation was underway, but that the boys' behaviour had not yet been shown to rise to the level of a crime.
Repeat offences
The video shows Mrs Klein trying to ignore a litany of insults by 12- and-13-year-olds. The barbs include profanities, physical ridicule, taunts and her being told to shut up.
Some ask what her address is, telling her they want to steal from her and perform sexual acts.
One boy tells her she does not have family because "they all killed themselves because they didn't want to be near you".
The insult is particularly painful because Mrs Klein's son killed himself 10 years ago, according to CNN.
The school district in Greece, New York, says it may take disciplinary action. At least two other similar videos involving students taunting the bus monitor have been posted online.
"We have discovered other similar videos on YouTube and are working to identify all of the students involved," a statement posted on the district's website said.
Mrs Klein, a grandmother of eight, said she was "amazed" at the support she had received.
"I've got these nice letters, emails, Facebook messages," she told NBC. "It's like, wow, there's a whole world out there that I didn't know. It's really awesome."
