A kindergartner was put on the wrong bus, and the board was not told

What happened

At the September 21, 2026 meeting a parent described a kindergarten child being put on a school bus on the first day of school instead of going to after-school care. The board president confirmed she had not been notified. Board members used the exchange to ask for a clear rule on when the superintendent must tell the board about a serious child-safety incident, one member saying it needs to be sooner. No policy was adopted at the meeting.

Why it matters to families

Parents of the youngest children need to know both that this happened and that the district did not have a settled rule about telling its own board when it does. The gap the board identified is about how quickly anyone in oversight finds out, which is what determines whether it gets fixed before it happens again.

The evidence

The September 21, 2026 recording carries a board member asking: 'when does the superintendent need or what does need to happen for the superintendent to notify at least the president when a serious incident of child safety happens like this... It needs to be sooner,' following the parent's account and the board president's confirmation that she had not been informed. No vote on a notification policy appears in the recording.

The source