Seven year old Quincy Walker from Omaha, Nebraska was riding the school bus home like every other kid does.
It’s routine for the little boy until the substitute driver dropped him off at the wrong location.
This even after his mom says she gave the school district their correct address.
Little Quincy says he told the driver it wasn’t his stop. He went on to say that the driver made him get off the school bus anyway. Poor kid.
Naturally, Quincy had no idea how to find his own house. Good thing he recognized the home of his friend Max. So Walker rang the doorbell.
The seven year old was hot, tired and scared.
“My bus driver just left me out here,” Quincy said crying. “I don’t want my mom to worry about me.”
Max’s mom, Madison Bilsteen, had just returned home two minutes earlier so she invited Quincy inside where she called his mom.
You can see Quincy in the video standing on the doorstep of his friend’s house.
The home was just a block from where the Student Transportation of America bus driver dropped him off.
But a block is huge to a seven year old. And definitely terrifying.
“If she wouldn’t have been home, then where would he have gone? How would he have gotten home?” Makayla Walker asked.
Quincy’s mom said that after her son was picked up at Picotte Elementary, the substitute driver didn’t take Quincy to his bus stop. Instead he dropped Quincy at the wrong address.
“He said he told the bus driver, ‘This is not my stop. I don’t know where I’m at,’ and the bus driver told him, ‘You can get off and you can walk home,’ …is exactly what he said, ‘You can walk home,'” she said.
Walker went on to say that she moved last February to the next block over. She then gave her new address to OPS.
They never had any problems until Thursday. that was when the regular driver was off so a substitute driver was appointed behind the wheel of the school bus her son rode in.
It’s just unthinkable to think that the driver made a kid get off the bus even when the child protested.
OPS superintendent Dr. Cheryl Logan saw the video of Quincy lost and crying. She personally called Walker.
“She said, ‘I want you to know I’m so sorry that happened,'” Walker said.
OPS also sent a statement regarding the incident.
“Our district is committed to safely transporting more than 18,000 students to and from school each day. We take that privilege and responsibility most seriously.”
“Investigating the incident, the drop off occurred at the address on file for our family. We regret that this situation did not meet our standard of care for students. The substitute driver for our contracted service is no longer transporting students in our district.”
“Our Superintendent, district transportation staff and school principal have all been in direct contact with our family to express our concern and support. We will continue to thoroughly review the matter.” they continued.
The substitute driver no longer works for the company.
Little Quincy may have had a terrifying ordeal but he is a brave boy and surely will get over the incident.
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