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NYC school bus company drops 10-year-old with autism at wrong school, neglects to inform parents
NYC school bus company drops 10-year-old with autism at wrong school, neglects to inform parents, says momA city school bus dropped off a frightened 10-year-old autistic boy at the wrong Bronx school Monday – and never let his parents know about blunder, his angry mom told the Daily News.
Aaron Rosario was so afraid when chaperones on his new school bus ushered him off at P.S. 291—more than a half-mile from his actual school — that he couldn’t speak, said his mother, Yarleen Anavitate.
“He was very intimidated,” she told The News. “He was afraid that he wasn’t ever going to come home.”
A P.S. 291 teacher, however, immediately noticed the unfamiliar face and managed to flag the bus before it left to get Aaron back aboard.
Read more: https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-school-bus-autism-nyc-20191127-svpvtum3y5dvndnbpiwm7ljba4-story.html