Baldwin family claims 4-year-old son left Brookside Elementary School by himself

A Baldwin household says their 4-year-old youngster was allowed to go away Brookside Elementary College by himself.

Jean Lavelanet says he got here to select up his son, Lukas, on Sept. 12 however was advised the boy was now not there.

“I used to be simply scared anyone possibly might have taken him, he might have gotten hit by a automobile, who is aware of?,”Lavelanet says. “So many horrible issues might have occurred.”

The kid’s grandmother additionally it was a tough pondering she might probably lose her grandson.

Based on Lukas’ household, he wandered for a 3rd of a mile and reached an intersection that’s within the neighboring group of Freeport.

The household says Lukas was finally noticed by Samaritan and reunited together with his household with the assistance of college workers.

The Baldwin Union Free College District acknowledge that the kid left college grounds however say he was with associates, writing, “A scholar stepped off of the dismissal line to greet a classmate and continued to stroll house with that youngster, together with different college students and households from the varsity. The district instantly stepped into motion and referred to as upon safety and the individuals to assist find the kid. The kid was positioned inside 20 minutes with the opposite youngster and households and was reunited together with his father.”

Lavelanet says his son ought to have by no means been allowed to go away college property and he needs to verify it by no means occurs once more.

“I would not need some other mum or dad to undergo what I went via – it was devastating – it was horrifying,” Lavelanet says.

The Baldwin Union Free College District says they’re taking steps to alter their dismissal procedures to forestall one thing like this from taking place sooner or later.

Lukas’s household pulled him from the district, and he attended his first day of Catholic college on Monday.

Lavelanet says he graduated from Baldwin Excessive College and loved his expertise with the district however they don’t seem to be able to let their son return to public college proper now.