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Boston Mother Demands Answers After Son Left On School Bus For Hours
"She says the bus app is not working," Johnson said. "OK, so where is the bus? Where is my child He got on a bus where is he?"
September 12, 2024
BOSTON - A Boston mother wants answers after her first grader was left on the school bus for several hours. Ronda Johnson and her two kids just moved to Massachusetts last month. "I have really high anxiety. I am scared. I wasn't scared at first," Johnson said.
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Her boys, ages 13 and six, had their first day of classes in Boston last week. First grader Justice was eager to ride the bus home for the first time. Justice was due home around 3:30. Johnson was waiting curbside in a chair. Thirty minutes pass, then an hour.
The new app for parents to track their students' buses wasn't working. So, Johnson says she called the school, then the bus dispatch center. She would spend the next hour and 15 minutes getting the runaround with no clear answers.
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Ronda Johnson and her son, Justice, who was left on a Boston school bus for hours./CBS Boston
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