CLOQUET, Minn. (AP) — The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa is investigating why a 3-year-old boy was left on a bus for about three hours in freezing temperatures.
Brooklyn Wait says her son, Ty Stiffarm, was treated at a hospital in Cloquet after he was found on the Fond du Lac Head Start bus Monday.
The tribe says the driver of the bus did not check to see if all children had left the bus when they were dropped off at Head Start near Cloquet. Wait tells the Duluth News Tribune (http://bit.ly/XazuiZ ) that school staff should have taken attendance right away when the children arrived, then they would have known her son was missing.
Someone passing by the bus about 11 a.m. heard the boy screaming and called for help.
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Information from: Duluth News Tribune, http://www.duluthsuperior.com
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.
Comments (5)
Add commentPoor baby!
He must have been so cold and scared. :(
Child left
I feel that the bus driver would know if they picked up the student. It only takes an extra five minutes to walk thru the bus just to double check to see if any child fell asleep during the ride to school and even after the bus route is over for the day.
3 year old
Why is a 3 year old even going to school? It sounds like another tax-payer supported daycare.
Tax-payer
So what? you never heard of headstart? this is a great preschool program that helps children. don't put it down if you haven't ever sent your children to it. Headstart is not a daycare the children learn there too! ignorant people have soo much to say about something they know nothing about. I sent my children to headstart and I am glad I did.