BAILEYVILLE, Maine—A Maine school district is trying to learn why a 5-year-old boy was left home alone by a substitute bus driver rather than dropped off at his daycare.
The boy stayed outside his Baileyville home for three hours in a drizzle Tuesday with temperatures just above freezing.
The boy's mother, Darlene Donahue, tells the Bangor Daily News that when she got home her son was hysterical, had a frostbitten ear and was afraid to leave her side.
Donahue says she doesn't want anyone fired, but doesn't want such an incident to happen again.
School Superintendent Barry McLaughlin says a second child was also left alone. He says the substitute bus driver was not familiar with the families' work schedules.
He says bus practices are being reviewed.
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Information from: Bangor Daily News, http://www.bangornews.com
