Child Missing from School for Hours and No Call to Parents

The Special Education Law blog reports:

School personnel always say to parents "why don't you trust us !" Well a prime example of why parents do not trust schools occurred in Baltimore, when a child with special needs eloped from school and went missing for days. The school did not even have the sense or the decency to call the parents. The parents had requested an aide to be with child because of prior elopement episodes, but were refused.

...The Garrison Middle School special-needs student missing since March 29, when he ran away from school, was located unharmed 3 a.m. Easter Sunday.

His parents are relieved, but remain disappointed and angry at the Baltimore City Public School System that they say failed to protect their child.

The parents still aren’t sure where their son, who has been diagnosed with emotional and attention deficit disorder issues, spent those 10 nights.

This from the Examiner.com.