A mother is outraged after her six-year-old daughter was left alone for two hours during a school trip, per the NY Post. While the other kids traveled 26 miles back to school, Cianni Allen, age 6, was found wandering by herself in a pumpkin patch at Tuttle Orchards in Greenfield, Indiana.
Cianni went missing during the school trip on October 16. Her mother, Dearra, 33, received a frantic call from the school staff at Christel House Academy West and quickly rushed to the school while a teacher went to get Cianni. Although the school has apologized, Dearra says their apologies are not enough.
“They’re trying to keep me quiet with all these apologies, but I don’t care about that. You lost my child,”
says the licensed health and life insurance agent from Indianapolis.
“I’m not letting this go. I’ve contacted four lawyers, and I’m pushing this out to the press. This needs to be heard. Teachers aren’t doing proper head counts, and these chaperones — parents who already have their own biases — are responsible for our kids.”
Her mom said that the rest of the class left the patch at 2:00 PM and got back to school at 2:45 PM. They realized Cianni was missing when the staff from the orchard called the school, reports note. The teachers then contacted Cianni’s emergency contact — her grandmother. Dearra frantically rushed to the school and Cianni was returned at 4:30 PM.
“Her teacher was there, saying, ‘I did a head count, and everyone was accounted for. I didn’t see Cianni or her pumpkin, so I thought she was already on the bus.’”
“Anything could have happened to her. Someone could have snatched her.”
Cianni told the outlet she thought she’d never see her mom or dad again.
“I was scared,”
Cianni says.
“When I was by myself, I said, ‘Where’s my teacher?“
she told reporters.
“And this lady, she said, ‘What’s wrong?’ And I said, ‘My school is missing.’ And then they took me into their office and called the school.”
#Clique, what are your thoughts?
