A young elementary student with autism was found standing alone in the middle of a residential street nearly a block from Purple Heart Elementary in Socorro late last month, setting off a wave of concern among parents and neighbors over how closely kids are watched on campus. Two sisters who came across the child drove him back to the school; the district says the student was safely returned and that staff have since reviewed what happened.
How the child was found
Lucy and Josie Lopez say they were driving along Andrew Wiseman Street off Rich Beam when they spotted the elementary-age boy in the roadway and pulled over to help. “I was just deeply concerned,” Josie Lopez told KFOX14/CBS4. The sisters said they put the child in their car and took him…..