Some confusion about pick-up policies in a Chicago suburban school sent a six-year old packing for home on her own. Except she had never walked home before and had no idea where home was. Instead she wandered around until a family friend recognized her. In all, her frantic mother, Kandi Stone, was searching for her for over two hours.
Stone is so distraught (and says her daughter is still having nightmares about being lost) that she's taken her daughter out of school and put her in private tutoring in a teacher's home.
Meanwhile, school officials are apologetic and claim they have revised pick-up plans to avoid similar mistakes in the future. It's hard to say how much to blame the school--scary but understandable mistake? Or unforgivable breech of children's safety?
About Shannon LC Cate
Shannon LC Cate, PhD is a lesbian housewife and work-from-home mother of two girls via domestic, open, transracial adoption. They are both under five and already too brilliant and beautiful for their own good. Shannon lives, writes and assembles tricycles in Chicago, Illinois.
