They were all looking at their phones.

so was the person driving

and me, now

Most likely the school bus driver was on their phone as well. I’ve seen that shit so many times.
I’m a school bus driver and my district bans the use of phones on the buses. I don’t say a fucking thing about it. It keeps the kids occupied and out of doing worse things on the bus, and it’s not like 15 minutes less screen time per day is going to make the slightest difference in their lives.