Boy Wanders Away From Bloomfield School During Lunchtime: Report

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The parents of a 5-year-old boy are demanding action from the district after he wandered away from a school in Bloomfield earlier this week, a report says.

The kindergarten student was on the playground at Fairview Elementary School around lunchtime on Monday, when he left the school grounds. He began walking down Montgomery Street towards his home, and was found down the street by a staff member from the school, ABC 7 News reported.

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