Posted: 10:11 pm EDT October 7, 2010
ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- Another student has walked away from a public school while the child was supposed to be in the care of adults. This time it happened at Dodd Elementary School in Allentown. School district officials said a first-grader was escorted by a teacher to the cafeteria at the end of the school day Thursday. At that point, the district said, the teacher handed the child over to an unnamed daycare provider in the school and the teacher left. Sometime after the teacher left and before the daycare provider transported the children to an off-site facility, the first grader went missing. Evidently, the child walked home and ended up safely in the care of a neighbor. School district officials said the police were notified as soon as they realized the student was missing. While district officials said the child was in the care of the daycare provider, they said they're always continuing to improve their procedures and will look into the incident. In early March of this year, a seven-year-old student walked out of Roosevelt Elementary School in Allentown unnoticed during the school day. She walked five blocks to her grandparents' house. At the time, then-superintendent Karen Angello told 69 News, "I was most concerned that it occurred and I do feel it's unacceptable. As a result, as we do with all incidents when they occur, we revisit all of our safety plans at all of our schools because we don't want this to be repeated." Roosevelt's principal addressed the security lapse with the school staff. Copyright 2010 WFMZ. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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