A Fountaindale Elementary School fifth-grader was allowed to ride a bus home from school Monday when he was not supposed to, causing him to be dropped off at home with no parental supervision.
The boy's mother, Trish Ieraci, said her son, who has special needs, waited outside of their home for 45 minutes until she returned home from work. Ieraci said she sent a note to school with her son asking that he not go home right after school, but that he remain at an aftercare program then take a bus home.
"So, I'm thinking he'll be getting off at 5:15 p.m.," Ieraci said. "He got off at 2:40 p.m. I wasn't home."
Washington County Public Schools spokesman Richard Wright said Fountaindale Elementary staff was "supposed to keep him after school." The student was put on his regularly designated bus, Wright said.