Weehawken School Bus Reportedly Drops Boy, 5, A Mile From Home

WEEHAWKEN, NJ — The Weehawken school district is under fire this week, as the school year is apparently off to a rocky start: A 5-year-old boy was mistakenly put on a school bus home and then dropped off in an unfamiliar part of town, a mile and a half from home, all alone and crying, according to a report.

The boy was standing alone near a busy intersection, crying, when a nanny walking by saw him Monday and called his mother, NBC 4 reports. What made his mother even angrier, she said, is that the young child was not even supposed to be on that bus — he was supposed to be in the after-school program.

"Why was my kid on the bus? He was not supposed to be on the bus," mom Patricia Savios said in the report. "He said someone told him to get on the bus, even though he had on a sticker on his shirt, extended care program." Her son, Eduardo, goes to school at Daniel Webster elementary school in Weehawken.

The nanny who found him was also interviewed by the network. "I said, 'Where's your mom? Where's your dad? He was crying, scared. Very scared," the nanny told NBC 4. "He said I'm lost."

The nanny looked in the boy's backpack and found his mom's phone number. She stayed with him until his mother arrived to pick him up, according to Daily Voice.

The superintendent of the Weehawken school district, Eric Crespo, told NBC 4 that what happened Monday was "unacceptable" and said the district is launching a full investigation into how this happened, and will make sure it does not happen again.

Watch the full report: New Jersey Boy Wasn't Supposed to Leave School but Bus Dropped Him Off Over a Mile From Home: Parents