SCHENECTADY – Janeya Nevins, 5, was not in her kindergarten classroom today. Her mother Patricia Rodriguez wanted to to keep her close, after quite a scare on Wednesday.
"It's still upsetting to me. I look at her and I could still cry," Rodriguez said.
For nearly three hours, Rodriguez said her world was turned up side down. She put her daughter on a school bus in the morning, but she was nowhere to be found that afternoon.
"The school just informed us she wasn't in school all day. I'm like, 'What are you talking about?'" she said.
It turns out, the bus took Janeya to the wrong school. She was supposed to go to Howe Elementary in Schenectady. Instead, the bus dropped her off at Yates Elementary School. That's where she spent the rest of the day, in a first grade classroom, without anyone noticing.
This story makes me laugh. The whole situation, and the reactions that I have heard from others,is just ridiculous. I've heard people screaming that the bus driver should be sued. It's moms fault! It's the bus drivers fault! It's all the school! It's the kid! Reality: enough mistakes where made that everyone can partake in some humble pie.
I'm very happy that the little girl is fine,and I feel for the mom who had some very frightening moments when no one knew where her child was. I have had moments where my child has ducked around a corner, or snuck into the clothes racks at a store and the feeling of panic and fear are overwhelming; I can't imagine how that mom felt when the bus pulled away and her daughter wasn't there.
But the girl....oh my god!!! She went along with being someone else. That is too much. Maybe she was scared, maybe she saw it as an adventure, who knows, but that girl is something!
The schools need to make sure policies are being followed for absentees, and for I taking new students. Schenectady residents don't always do what they are suppose to (call their sick children in, registrar their child for school, etc) but the school needs to not be lax about policies because the public is.
This story makes me laugh. The whole situation, and the reactions that I have heard from others,is just ridiculous. I've heard people screaming that the bus driver should be sued. It's moms fault! It's the bus drivers fault! It's all the school! It's the kid! Reality: enough mistakes where made that everyone can partake in some humble pie.
I'm very happy that the little girl is fine,and I feel for the mom who had some very frightening moments when no one knew where her child was. I have had moments where my child has ducked around a corner, or snuck into the clothes racks at a store and the feeling of panic and fear are overwhelming; I can't imagine how that mom felt when the bus pulled away and her daughter wasn't there.
But the girl....oh my god!!! She went along with being someone else. That is too much. Maybe she was scared, maybe she saw it as an adventure, who knows, but that girl is something!
The schools need to make sure policies are being followed for absentees, and for I taking new students. Schenectady residents don't always do what they are suppose to (call their sick children in, registrar their child for school, etc) but the school needs to not be lax about policies because the public is.
Finally in a world of panic and finger pointing, a voice of reason. Thank you for your candor. ^5
Anyone remember the lines in the movie Kindergarten Cop? How many of you were born here? How many of you were not born here? The kids all raised their hands to both. That's what little kids do.
well at least she wasn't forgotten on the bus like the headstart child was a few years back ... the woodlawn elementary school calls me asap if my girl is absent....everytime
Schenectady residents don't always do what they are suppose to (call their sick children in, registrar their child for school, etc) but the school needs to not be lax about policies because the public is.
Parents should be FIRST and FOREMOST responsible for their children. eg...was the bus # the same...same kids on bus...blah blah blah.
Second.....I thought it was the school's responsibility to call parents that day (if they're home or even care) when a child is absent.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
maybe you didn't see this in the original post that appears to answer your skeptical comments:
I wasn't being skeptical....I was 'just sayin'..........k?
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
parents should be responsible for bringing their kids to school....consolidation and expansion has occurred in the school system and it just made bus routes that much longer and logistical messes....
WE HAVE TO STOP LETTING THE GOVERNMENT HAVE OUR KIDS AND THEN EXPECT THE SYSTEM TO BE GOOD/PERFECT/SIMPLE.....
imagine if mohon and schalmont merged...imagine that freakin' bus ride and where those kids would end up....
time to either make work hours school hour friendly or wages high enough to hire nannys...I bet WIC could provide a nanny???
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
Parents should be FIRST and FOREMOST responsible for their children. eg...was the bus # the same...same kids on bus...blah blah blah.
Second.....I thought it was the school's responsibility to call parents that day (if they're home or even care) when a child is absent.
Parents are suppose to call their kids in sick, but if they don't the school typically then calls the parent to check in. That is how kids skipping school often get caught. If the school had followed that policy the mix up would have been caught much earlier.
My children have never taken the bus, they will next year for the first time, but when I was young the buses all had names, colors or animals associated with them so that they could be easily identified. Does schenectady use anything like this for their buses? Mom should have ensured the girl was on the right bus but I can also see how without some sort of easy identifier a kid could be shuffled along to the wrong bus. Think of how busy and chaotic a school morning can be. I can understand seeing a familiar face and putting the kid on that bus.
it's like hansel and grettel being lost in the woods only without the witch and the oven...oh wait a minute........the oven is the core curriculum and the witch is the 'think tank'
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
This story made the CBS radio National News. Was listening to AM 590 radio in the car at 11AM. The announcer reported the details of the incident. He even pronounced Schenectady right. I was surprised he got the pronunciation correct.
A suggestion. Possibly have photo IDS on a necklace or wrist bracelets with scanable ID chip. I know this may sound like "big brother", but it may prevent a future "misplacement" of a child.
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the woodlawn elementary school calls me asap if my girl is absent....everytime
