A Massachusetts mom is demanding solutions after her six-year-old son was left on a faculty bus for greater than 4 hours and was by no means dropped off at his cease.
Ronda Johnson was ready for her son Justin final week on his first day of first-grade excited to listen to about his day – however he by no means obtained dropped off by the bus at 3.30pm.
For greater than an hour Johnson tried to search out her youngster – the bus app that permits mother and father to trace the college bus was not working – and he or she known as the college and the dispatch heart, however wasn’t getting any solutions.
Frantic, she spoke to dispatch asking, ‘the place is the bus? the place is my youngster?,’ and advised them she was advised that her son did get on the bus. They advised her they may search the bus yard, as per CBS Boston.
After being positioned on maintain – she quickly discovered that her son was lastly positioned and that he could be dropped off at 7pm. Nonetheless, Johnson was by no means advised precisely the place her son was discovered.
Ronda Johnson and her son Justice, 6, who had a terrifying expertise on his first day of faculty
When the bus lastly surfaced, greater than 4 hours later, Johnson was exasperated.
‘I run on the bus, and I’m working down the aisle on the lookout for my son. He handed out within the seat with an entire puddle of drool.’
‘4 hours of my son being on a bus is unacceptable,’ she retorted.
The teenager attends Henderson Elementary Faculty, roughly one-mile from the place the Johnsons reside.
As soon as little Justice was reunited along with his mom they hugged. He advised the information outlet of his ordeal, saying ‘it was taking like hours.’
Johnson mentioned the bus driver apologized however by no means gave her a purpose why he missed the cease. The mom-of-two was advised there was no bus monitor on the bus as a result of staffing shortages.
A inventory picture of a yellow faculty bus
The Boston Public Faculties issued a press release on the matter.
‘The security of our college students on yellow faculty buses is our high precedence and we are going to work with our contractor to resolve what occurred and be sure that any acceptable follow-up motion is taken,’ they mentioned.
Within the meantime, Johnson mentioned she wants to depart work early since her son is terrified to trip the bus now.
She believes that the district must have higher communication in place to maintain her kids and different kids protected.
‘Is my youngster comfortable, is he alive, is he good? 4 hours of my son being on a bus is unacceptable,’ Johnson mentioned.
As of Wednesday, faculty officers wouldn’t disclose the place her son was discovered, as per CBS Boston.
