3-year-old dropped off at vacant daycare center

LEXINGTON, Ky. - A 3-year-old boy was supposed
to be dropped off at his daycare in Rowan County, Ky., on Monday, but
wound up at a vacant daycare building instead.
The
mother of Donovan Blevins says the bus driver brought her son to the
right daycare for the past two weeks, and she wonders how that routine
got fouled up on Monday when the boy was dropped off at a daycare that
had closed for two weeks.
"He
was knocking on the door, a 3-year-old knocking on the door, trying to
get into the daycare that's been closed for two weeks," said Diana
Blevins.

The most troubling part of the incident is that a speech and a hearing problem makes Donovan especially vulnerable.
"He
can barely say his own name," said Diana Blevins. "we rely on the
school system to help take care of our kids and we put them in their
hands and they failed on me they completely failed me. That bus driver
and that monitor did not do their job, they let my son out by his self
without no one there to reach for his hand. He's three years old."
Another bus driver spotted Donovan and brought him to the right daycare.
Donovan's
daycare director says that the incident was a clear violation. "The
monitor has to physically hand a preschool child you have to hold their
hand or they won't let them off the bus," said Lacy Collins of Busy Bee
Daycare.
The Rowan
County Schools superintendent said the driver is suspended until the
investigation is complete, and that the bus monitor won't be riding
buses anymore. And while Donovan is okay, his mother wants the driver
and monitor fired.
"I never want another mother to feel the way I feel, never," said Blevins. "I never want another mother to feel that way."
The
school superintendent said the bus driver is very competent and that
everyone makes mistakes. He also says the school system has reviewed
and updated it's policies to make sure this never happens again.