WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A Florida bus driver was fired yesterday for allegedly texting while driving, and for stopping the bus at a store and leaving students unattended while she went inside to shop.

Members of The School District of Palm Beach County’s board of education approved the termination of bus driver Jamila Smith-Lee, 36, after an investigation launched in November allegedly substantiated claims she left students unsupervised for about 20 minutes in September while she “went into a store to shop” in Belle Glade, according to a district report cited by CBS 12.

“On September 15, 2014, bus driver Jamila Smith-Lee operated a district school bus carrying students while using her cell phone for both talking and texting,” according a district letter recommending her termination.

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“Ms. Smith-Lee also stopped the bus at an unauthorized location and left students unattended on the bus with the engine running for a period of approximately twenty minutes while she went inside to shop.”

District officials listed numerous board policies, ethics codes, and handbook violations that warranted her termination, and a notice to do as such was delivered to Smith-Lee Feb. 10. The school board approved her termination effective Friday, March 27, though Smith-Lee told WPBF 25 she plans to turn in a resignation letter soon.

“It was not clear Monday what school Smith-Lee was transporting students for on Sept. 15, the day she allegedly left the students on the bus, or whether she continued to transport students afterward,” The Palm Beach Post reports.

“Maybe she can be charged with child neglect or endangering the welfare of children or abandonment,” Elaine Licata posted to WPBF.

The issue with Smith-Lee is by far the first problem the district has had with its drivers. Robert Richardson was suspended last month over an incident in May in which he allegedly shoved a sixth-grader off a bus, according to the Post.

That episode sparked a school board debate about bus safety.

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“In addition to the low pay, the horrible hours … we are not, in my mumble opinion, addressing safety as well as we can,” board member Debra Robinson said in February.

“I just want to step back and use this as a focal point for addressing safety.”

Board member Mike Murgio, a former principal, also suggested the district move faster to implement GPS technology into busses that could eliminate some problems. Richardson was substituting on a route when he missed a stop, prompting an argument with a student and the shoving, the Post reports.

“We are a $2 billion operation,” Murgio said. “If we can’t get this thing going in four months, there’s an issue somewhere.”