A 6-year-old Copley-Fairlawn student was left behind on his school bus during a morning route and woke up alone inside the district’s bus garage, his mother said. The child eventually walked off the bus, wandered through the garage and found a worker who drove him to Arrowhead Primary School. School started shortly after 9 a.m., but the family says they were not told he was missing until about 9:40 a.m., leaving a troubling stretch of time when they did not know where he was.
The district says a substitute driver working through third-party Community Bus Service did not complete required end-of-route safety checks, including a walk to the back of the bus and scanning onboard sensors. The driver was terminated immediately, according to News 5 Cleveland……