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The student, Elijah, left Rufino Mendoza Elementary School in Fort Worth, Texas, during school hours on Monday, August 31, NBC 5 reported. Kindergarten student leaves school without anyone noticing; a good Samaritan brings the child back after her ‘mom instincts’ kick in, but the school has a different story A five-year-old kindergarten student in Texas left the school in the middle of the day without anyone noticing, before being found by a good Samaritan who safely returned the child to campus, WFAA reported.
She noticed the school name on the boy’s shirt and drove him back to campus, where staff told her they had no idea he was gone. The school didn’t even know that the student had gone missing, according to her. “They’re like, OK, and everybody starts freaking out; they’re like, ‘Oh my God, we didn’t even know he got out,’” she added. The student was safely located by a community member and promptly returned to school,” they said in a statement to WFAA. “FWISD and Rufino Mendoza Elementary need to do better.”
The child was later discovered by Isabel Barrera several blocks away, crying in the street. She was in the neighbourhood visiting her parents when she found him. Fort Worth ISD didn’t clarify how a student could leave the campus or how long the kindergartener was away from the school. “The safety and well-being of our students remain our highest priority. In the Facebook post, Barrera’s husband asked the school to do better on student safety protocols.
“Fort Worth ISD is aware of an incident involving a kindergarten student who left campus during lunch on Monday.
