A 10 ON YOUR SIDE VIEWER
CALLED US ABOUT A MISHAP
INVOLVING HER 6
YEAR OLD SON AT A
BEFORE-SCHOOL- PROGRAM IN
NEWPORT NEWS.
SOMEHOW HER FIRST GRADER
GOT ON A SCHOOL BUS
MONDAY HEADED
FOR ANOTHER SCHOOL, ATE
BREAKFAST THERE AND THEN
HE TOLD
SOMEONE HE WAS IN THE
WRONG PLACE.
10 ON YOUR SIDE'S AVA
HURDLE TALKED WITH HIS
CONCERNED
MOTHER.
SHE JOINS US LIVE FROM
NEWPORT NEWS...AVA?
SHE SAYS MISTAKES HAPPEN
BUT NO ONE FROM EITHER
SCHOOL CALLED HER
ABOUT THIS... AND SHE
ONLY KNEW ABOUT IT
BECAUSE HER SON LET HER
KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
THE 6 YEAR OLD IS IN THE
BEFORE SCHOOL PROGRAM AT
GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY BUT
HE ENDED UP ON A BUS
TAKING STUDENTS TO LEE
HALL ELEMENTARY...SEVERAL
MILES AWAY. HIS
MOTHER MALORIE SAYS AFTER
EATING BREAKFAST HE WENT
UP TO SOMEONE IN
THE CAFETERIA, TOLD THEM
HE WAS IN THE WRONG
PLACE.
RUNS=:12 TC=1/6:00
MALORIE/PARENT: NOBODY
CALLED ME TO SAY, ONE
PARENT TO ANOTHER, AFTER
IT HAPPENED, HEY YOUR SON
LEFT SCHOOL BY MISTAKE.
IT WAS PARKS AND
REC'S JOB TO WATCH HIM
BUT THEY DIDN'T. AN
ADMINISTRATOR FROM LEE
HALL
DROVE HER SON BACK TO
GREENWOOD. THE BOY TOLD
HIS
MOTHER ALL ABOUT IT.
RUNS=:15
TC=1/3:23 MALORIE: I'M
NOT EVEN SURE IF
THEY'RE ALLOWED TO TAKE
STUDENTS HOME IN PRIVATE
VEHICLES. I DON'T
THINK SO WITHOUT THE
PARENT'S PERMISSION. I'M
GLAD HE TOLD ME.
HE THOUGHT HE WAS ON A
FIELD TRIP. SHE PAYS A
WEEKLY FEE FOR THE
BEFORE SCHOOL PROGRAM AND
AFTER TALKING TO
OFFICIALS BY
TELEPHONE THINKS THIS
COULD HAVE BEEN HANDLED
DIFFERENTLY.
RUNS=:12 TC=1/8:52
MALORIE: YOU THINK WHEN
YOU TAKE THEM TO SCHOOL
THEY'RE SAFE. THEY
SHOULD BE SAFE. IT WAS AN
HONEST MISTAKE BUT IT
NEEDS NOT TO
HAPPEN. DEFINITELY NOT
CAUSE ITS A SCARY WORLD
THESE DAYS. SHE WANTED TO
GET HER THOUGHTS ACROSS
TO MAKE PARENTS MORE
AWARE.
A PRINCIPAL HAS SINCE
APOLOGIZED TO MALORIE FOR
NOT CALLING HER
WHEN THIS HAPPENED. SHE
TOLD US WHILE THAT WAS
NICE PARENTS
LIKE KNOWING THEIR
CHILDREN ARE UNDER
SUPERVISION. AVA HURDLE,
10 ON
YOUR SIDE.
