Boy, 8, left alone for hours at empty school after employees leave for night

A second-grade boy had to call 911 for help after he was left alone at his school for hours after everyone else left for the day.

[@sadieandbean]

Poor baby. He must of been so scared. He is so smart to call 911!

[@LupixSubscribe]

@Matthew Cox Are you 8 years old? Do you not have extensive knowledge of what to do in this situation?

[@YuktubeIsDaFunniOne]

He's 8, not a baby

[@jessicataberski9684]

I agree with the mom. If parents are held accountable for this type of action, so should these administrators!

[@AGM-ts5bb]

Glad he had the presence of mind to call for help. Great thinking little guy!

[@laneitajones7771]

Sorry for this baby. No one was watching what they were doing. Besides, why didn't the teacher or other staff do a double check before dismissal?

[@killianvalentine9473]

Exactly, at my school the janitors started cleaning the rooms as we were leaving, how come they didn't find the poor baby??

[@weltonvillegal6258]

That involves actual work.

[@targaryenxmandi]

I'm disappointed how the school didn't bother checking up the rooms when they left for the day. The kid did a smart move in calling 911. I hope he's doing well. Probably in his teens by now.

[@auahaanaaksuamnaja1636]

Oh my.. What a strong boy.. I’m so happy that he’s okay...

[@pinkchaos.]

What a smart young man to call for help ❤️ unbelievable this could happen 😡

[@brokendoll7286]

Poor little kid must have been so scared.

[@YuktubeIsDaFunniOne]

Not little kid, just kid

[@samanthacole4395]

@@YuktubeIsDaFunniOne yes little kid. An 8 year old is a little kid. Stop trying to start trouble.

[@ravenviola7132]

@@YuktubeIsDaFunniOneummm an 8 year old is a little kid 🤦‍♀️

[@veronica213LA]

Well who ever put him In there in this first place shud be fired. A mistake like this can't be overlooked next time it cud be a tragic

[@kalyn5225]

John Dockert calling someone a idiot is stupid, who would call someone a idiot for a grammar mistake?

[@melii4089]

I hoped they sue the school!

[@TommyTomTompkins]

Probably won't get anything

[@sallymiller9147]

@@TommyTomTompkins Bull Crap, If That was My Kid, If He or She was in the Same mess, my Husband and I Would Get our Son or Daughter Out Of That School And Never, Ever, Let Him or Her Come Back, Unless The School Board Would Assure Us that Something Like This Won't Happen Again.

[@jen9774]

Typical American response. Money will mske everything good again

[@patstokes3615]

Where was a mother? It was past six and she wasn't missing him. That's a little strange.

[@wlkbeastmode-issiap.346]

Paula it's the point...that's how policies get written.

[@shayalbright5872]

If my son bus 5 minutes late I'm calling everyone to see where is my baby....I'm glad the little boy is ok but I have question's for the mom something not adding up

[@marianyulo9066]

Smart kid. Wow school hmmm nice real nice. Someone has to be held accountable . Whom ever put him in time out is the one to be held accountable . For this stunt . Poor kid . Are kids are not safe anywhere. But boy there quick to call cps on the parents . That school needs to be charged on neglect

[@sheimellwells7371]

Right

[@ひな人の失望]

So....wait....no one WOKE him up?!

[@chameleon1015]

*Ara The C R I N G E* Nope

[@bethanyyates1138]

Hey it was time to go. They had a long day with the kids

[@MSW96]

@@bethanyyates1138 Don't excuse them like that. Come on.

[@ravenviola7132]

@@bethanyyates1138 that’s not an excuse

[@pastelsploosh8914]

I'm glad the school administrator talked to the news station about it, I always here school lacking comment to talk about the needs to children, especially in person. I'm glad he took some action and updated his school policy. It's a start, but justice wasn't served tbh

[@LexitaMai]

so, like... did his mom NOT call 911 when her kid wasn't where he should have been?

[@awl1116]

Lexi Baldwin-Money they have to be missing for over 24hours in some states

[@pce-sz1gi]

Awl 111 All fifty tpstates take missing persons reports very seriously, even more so with children this young. As a matter of fact ever since 1974, when that law changed.

[@awl1116]

pce1148 alright I just seen a lot of case where the police told the parent it had to be 24 hours

[@mrsTraveller64]

well maybe she didnt actually think something had happened to him,dhe was more like trying to figure out where he could be! you dont call 911 without to first see if you can find the child yourself.

[@TiBunCosplay]

@@awl1116 That's only for adults. for young kids it doesn't matter how long the kid had been missing. the cops hear "missing child" and they spring into action. The mother was probably searching for her son in his usual places and calling the parents of his friends and classmates to see if he's with them before involving the police and her smart son ended up alerting authorities himself before she got to that point herself. One time as a kid I accidently got on the wrong bus so my mom didnt see me get off my bus and she began to do just that. Luckily the driver of the bus i was on ended up noticing me as not one of his normal kids and had the school contact my mom to go pick me up at the bus garage.

[@terrybardy2848]

That sweet child was smart calling 911. He's a cutie. Shame on that school!

[@kenya1067]

Wow this was posted 10 years ago. I hope that he's thriving and his mom is alright and have their happily ever after. I also hope the school actually made the necessary changes for this sort of thing not to happen again.

[@Msderryqueen]

Wait so the mom didnt think to call police. Wtf School is disgusting

[@sarahjanesbooher8961]

Not 24hrs for a child

[@ellisjohnson9310]

Actually it does not have to be 24 hours for an adult or child this is a common misconception that leads to valuable time lost in a missing person case. There is no law or stipulation that states you HAVE to WAIT 24hrs.

[@tamorap1614]

Poor little boy. He was brave anyway.

[@thebandit7623]

He was on time out. The person that made that decision is responsible and put a child in danger.

[@kristinegangman7756]

There was one time that my cousin and I have to stay late in school because there was a misunderstanding as to who will pick us up, her dad or my dad because they have schedule and changes depending with their work time. Almost every staff that comes across us always ask if we're gonna get fetched and want to use their phones to text our parents. Almost everyone was left except for the guards and janitors who were happy to talk to us until we get fetched. They reassure us that they stay late too and we might get fetched before they leave.

[@JackLambert44]

Ive agree no child should never left alone like that, hope the school show more responsible

[@ickygaming6882]

funny how school staff or even the super wasn't charged with child NEGLECT! I would have charged everyone involved. Pisses me off that agencies don't charge school staff for OBVIOUS crimes

[@teneil31]

The superintendent is lying for trying to cover up for his employees they all need to be fired including him

[@brittanyfischer1812]

Smart boy to call police, adults needs to do a recount and check all restroom and classroom before leaving what if he had an asthma attack and stop breathing😣😣😣😣😣😣

[@jeromejackson6111]

Thank God, that baby is alright.

[@hlengiwezungu8152]

Where was the mother?

[@annamarieh333]

Hlengiwe Zungu mom went to school to look for him she got there before cops arrived. Newscaster said this. Moms name Leary

[@MH-yj4qq]

Anna H yeah but why didn’t she call 911? My kid is 3 minutes past time I’m already calling everyone looking. The school, the bus system, the police.

[@perfectlyimperfect1095]

@@MH-yj4qq She probably started with the boy's friends, she probably called the school before going there herself. The police found her at the school.

[@pamelamark3609]

I smell a law suit!! I would sue the school and the School Board! THANK GOD HE IS ALRIGHT... Poor...little boy..he must've been so scared... Thank GOD..he knew to call 911...that's good parenting right there...👍😀 My hat goes off to his parents..good job...👍

[@mr.willie9578]

I see a lawsuit coming

[@Losa2687]

Can you believe how dangerous it is

[@lucythomas3320]

How the hell do you forget you have a child at the school?

[@GenericName007]

Lets see if the kid was supposedly in detention some adult at some point put him in that room. This wasn't a procedural flaw, you don't leave a kid that young unsupervised. You telling me their policy is to give a kid this age detention then just leave him alone in the room by himself for the entire detention b/c that alone is a problem. I can't see any other way you leave for the day and not notice him. If he was being supervised as he should have been, then obviously it wouldn't be possible for the person supervising detention to leave and not know a kid is there. Also story doesn't really say but did the mom not call 911? In what world does a school keep your child in detention late into the evening? If time rolls around when I know the school is closed and I call the school and get no answer and my kids is still not home, seems like that's the time where you're calling 911 and going up to the school to see what's going on.

[@GreenBanana675]

She went to the school then she took matters from there.

[@aliciamelendez4168]

To the school in this video: You need to make sure that you check every inch of this school in order to make sure that no child is left alone in there before you leave for the day.

[@vibingwithjess9920]

I hope they sue the school. He could of gotten hurt and like she said could of had an asthma attack. No one in the school though to double check or wake him up? Like what? Irresponsible. Good thing the kiddo was smart to call 911 mom raised him right.

[@davidhouse7189]

I use to work as a teacher aide i would check all the classrooms before leaving the building every night never had this happen but I checked every night just to make sure and if I took time off from work I would call the school and have whoever was there check all the rooms just to be on the safe side

[@Dee2D]

Why did take the mother so long to get to the school?

[@gummybear777]

Crazy!!!

[@sharonkipper5567]

How can u put a child in a room and forget about them I don't understand that and u still didn't even think about it when u got home even if you forgot at that moment it would have crossed your mind when you got home I dont know no one on this earth that doesn't reply there day in there mind

[@TheTrueAdept]

That is easier than you think mate. Kids are VERY intensive and few people can keep up with the current crowded classrooms that plague the US school system today. 30+ kids is a lot to keep an eye on, period.

[@jen9774]

Things happen. Very sorry for the child, horrible, horrible experiennce. All one can do is apologize and ensure that situation like that doesn't happen again.

[@ezekiel5537]

at my school of hear some of the teachers don't leave until at least 8pm, but most leave at 4pm (if they have students in detention or whatever they leave a little while after 4pm because in winter it gets dark at 5pm) (btw students are usually all out of the school by 5pm) and the custodian and maintenance workers don't leave until they've locked up and finished everything they're working on. And no accidents have ever happened like students being left in school hours after dismissal, but students being dropped off at the wrong stops (because they've forgotten where they're supposed to get off or they go to their frens house without telling their mom or dad) has happened no biggy

[@AmeliaRosalinaTheHedgehog]

This is so sad

[@radhadas3339]

This is awful! Those stupid people. They had to be ignoring him totally or he would have never been left in that room. He didn't go in there by himself I am sure someone put him there!

[@kevinclark8549]

Sue the school.

[@brittanyfischer1812]

How can you forgot the child the teachers should double check

[@veronicamendoza2346]

Why didn't the mother go 2 the school or call 911 when her son didn't get off the bus? N tbh he is way 2 little n my eyes 2 even be riding the bus alone, poor baby glad he's ok..

[@annamarieh333]

Veronica Mendoza she did go to the school. The newscaster said Leary (mom) arrived at school to look for him around 6 just before cops arrived

[@yeseniadarby4003]

Anna H you are the only one listening! Why is everyone asking why didn't the mom call the police the report says she went to the school.

[@yeseniadarby4003]

Veronica Mendoza the mother did go to the school listen to the report again

[@jenniferdrake3321]

Yesenia Darby she was listening clearly you missed the rest of her comment

[@saragould2010]

A child should NEVER be left alone in a room. Under any circumstances.

[@FirstLadyJoy]

OHHH HECCCCCKK NOOO000!!!!! I WOULD BE FURIOUS & SUING EVERYONE!!!!!

[@jen9774]

Sounds as is if mother didn't respond quickly enough either if you ask me, now she can throw all her toys out the cot.

[@d.a6530]

Wtf is going on with all these fuckn schools!!! Upset!? Shit id b beyond furious!!!

[@Beenisweenis]

A better plan, instead of checking every corner of the school, have each teacher have a running total of students in the class, checking them in and out individually as they get in and leave for the day, and have them regularly count throughout the day, be able to swap the kids into different rooms or the office if they happen to go there to show whos responsible for them at any given moment.

[@hqgirl567]

Aww that sad

[@f_kiera4943]

Woah woah woah wait! An 8 year old in second grade?!?? I’m 10 and in 5 grade.......

[@Lithostoic]

I was 8 in 2nd grade. My birthday is like 2 weeks after school starts. So I was only 7 for the very beginning of the school year.

[@kimberlyagee7338]

That happens when the kid birthday is after August.My son birthday is in December he is 8 in the second grade now.So he is one of the oldest in his room

[@boristhealien]

Our society is messed up.

[@Marimichalle]

That’s crazy

[@jcgzey_3334]

What was mom doing like wtf oh my son is late for 3 hours , casual

[@Makaylah13]

Where were his parents? Why did they leave him at the school at night?

[@crystalberry748]

How does a school not know there is a child in a room somebody explain to me how a school doesn't see or know where all of their students are at anytime isn't that their job besides educating them.

[@gaylechapman3836]

Bus driver fired getting kids left Bus

[@ytiruces100]

Well wth put him in time out? What happened to that person?

[@LL-vj5yp]

They really need to check rooms and buses before closing down. Come on it’s not so hard,

[@cynthiabroyles4890]

Why didn't mom call the school or the police when he didn't get off the bus? I'm a little confused.

[@rosasalgado1715]

I agree Sarah they shiuld que them a lifetime of no school!!!! ps poor kid:(

[@user-uh4gh4md5u]

Ps theres such thing as a reply button

[@cuzicaresomuch4916]

What? Could u plz repeat

[@epp.5593]

Yes, let be very grateful to God for letting us know what that school is all about. NOTHING

[@grannydyess]

Someone go to jail or hospital

[@patstokes3615]

Well what was his mother doing all this time. Nothing. She kid is missing long after school is out but it didn't say anything about looking for him.

[@honeyenriqueplaysroblox6660]

Im so comfused that why is the school empty? Hes alone but maybe smart

[@Codypro134]

Poor kid trapped in hel- I mean school for hours

[@ComfortsSpecter]

Sounds like a copypasta horror story Goddam

[@deborahdyess2158]

Oh no employees would hear from my lawyer

[@olddoug8945]

THE BUCK STOPS ON THE PRINCIPAL'S DESK. NEED ACCOUNTABILITY.

[@sheimellwells7371]

I know when I was little if you were out in after school detention the parents had to come get you and couldn’t be late or they’d be in trouble so they started inschool detention so how they not be in trouble for leaving the child there and not remembering his still there

[@bearsausage8599]

i would of probably just broken out of the school

[@iminor2450]

Y tho

[@debbie7526]

They put this child in time out? Forever?

[@christopherhennessey8991]

I would’ve gone berserk.

[@valereirenfro9040]

SMH this doesn't surprise me not one bit! I'll say this certain types of children get ignored, forgotten why? Because Teachers don't give a damn. I know. I was once a product of the shabby public school system.

[@kennethmayfield4333]

Cause he have to 911 for no reason Four Like Dmarion 630:

[@beautifulloser75]

I'm sure she created a gofundme after this near death experience.

[@Wojtek_Ch]

I bet they had a hard time finding him due to all of the lights being switched off. ;D

[@arturoh4985]

And I bet you the one bringing your parents gun to school

[@brenntasiablair6934]

Damn what kind of teachers and staff there hiring lol like seriously first did nobody think to check around the school to make sure every child was gone and not too mention nobody woke him up? She most definitely need to either withdraw her kid from that school or sue because apparently the people she leaves her kids with 7 or more a hours a day every day of the week can’t be trusted 😂 not everybody should work or run a school if stuff like this can happen

[@lathafalls7675]

This happen 2 me my dad drop me off at school he walk my in there was a women on the phone out side he walk 2 his truck and left and the women saw my dad leave bit she did’t say anything 2 me or my dad I went 2 class and no on was there I thought they were in PE I went 2 PE no one was there I went 2 class aging a teacher walk in she said there’s no school 2 day so she called my grandpa 2 come and get me my dad was so mad that day

[@keeweefroot2692]

I hope you stay in school instead of being on the internet because your grammar is fucking terrible kid. You're clearly not old enough to be here anyway.

[@ashlynwheeler9421]

Carzy

[@tylersheehy3918]

It's the chields fault the chield should have not got intruble

[@samanthacole4395]

Learn to spell and it’s not his fault that he fell asleep and he wasn’t in trouble.

[@tylersheehy3918]

@@samanthacole4395 i redact my statement thee years ago my parents were devorceing a bunch of arguments i was even more depressed than ever

[@deborahdyess2158]

Sue school and employess

[@alexandra_1457]

Dr.eggman ?1?!

[@annaelizabeth1612]

Hu

[@weltonvillegal6258]

That’s a school that, I’m sorry for the neighborhood, needs to be shut down. Some people need to be arrested for neglect.

[@akiakiii5879]

He must have been so scared