bostonfred
Footballguy
I've mentioned before that my son has special needs. He is doing well but he's still behind age level. He just started 5th grade today but socially is probably closer to a second or third grader. It was his first day at a new school building, so nobody knows him, and he could have died because of it.
I dropped him off at school this morning, then came back for parent pickup and lined up with all the other parents. They had someone go to each car, get the student's name, and then bring the kids out as the cars came up. The line was slow and took about 20 minutes, and when I got there, he wasn't there. So all the teachers start looking for him, and the guy who took the names down said oh yeah he wasn't in the gym when I called him. Wait, what? How long did you know he wasn't there?
So now they go inside and look for him, and can't find him. They come out and ask me if he would have maybe gotten onto a school bus. He has never taken the bus except for field trips, so I can totally see him doing that, because every time he's gotten on a bus it's dropped him off somewhere awesome.
So they call the bus company and try to find out which bus he got on... and sure enough he got on the bus to my street. And they let him off at the bus stop. Without anyone there. A kid with autism on a busy road he's never walked alone on
We called the cops, had the principal calling us and talking to the bus company, and apparently they didn't let him off at the bus stop, but at our house, but he started walking.. I impress upon her the importance of the situation and ask which direction they saw him walking and she says she'll call back.
My wife is home, and he didn't come in, and she's searching the street and yelling to him and he's nowhere to be found. I'm driving back and forth calling to him and asking anyone outside to keep an eye out. No luck.
Principal calls back. Turns out the bus driver didn't let him off the bus after all, and brought him to his old elementary school instead. Oops. Sorry about the confusion. Get there and he's sitting with his old teachers in a police car waiting for me.
We have a meeting with the school tomorrow to discuss. Any ideas appreciated.
I dropped him off at school this morning, then came back for parent pickup and lined up with all the other parents. They had someone go to each car, get the student's name, and then bring the kids out as the cars came up. The line was slow and took about 20 minutes, and when I got there, he wasn't there. So all the teachers start looking for him, and the guy who took the names down said oh yeah he wasn't in the gym when I called him. Wait, what? How long did you know he wasn't there?
So now they go inside and look for him, and can't find him. They come out and ask me if he would have maybe gotten onto a school bus. He has never taken the bus except for field trips, so I can totally see him doing that, because every time he's gotten on a bus it's dropped him off somewhere awesome.
So they call the bus company and try to find out which bus he got on... and sure enough he got on the bus to my street. And they let him off at the bus stop. Without anyone there. A kid with autism on a busy road he's never walked alone on
We called the cops, had the principal calling us and talking to the bus company, and apparently they didn't let him off at the bus stop, but at our house, but he started walking.. I impress upon her the importance of the situation and ask which direction they saw him walking and she says she'll call back.
My wife is home, and he didn't come in, and she's searching the street and yelling to him and he's nowhere to be found. I'm driving back and forth calling to him and asking anyone outside to keep an eye out. No luck.
Principal calls back. Turns out the bus driver didn't let him off the bus after all, and brought him to his old elementary school instead. Oops. Sorry about the confusion. Get there and he's sitting with his old teachers in a police car waiting for me.
We have a meeting with the school tomorrow to discuss. Any ideas appreciated.