Seven-year-old Quincy Walker is seen on the doorbell video crying and looking confused.He was hot, tired and scared.”It was heart-breaking when she sent me the video, I cried,” Quincy’s mom Makayla Walker. The video shows Quincy standing on the doorstep of a familiar house he found, a block from where the Student Transportation of America bus driver dropped him off.”If she wouldn’t have been home, then where would he have gone? How would he have gotten home?” Walker asked.Walker said after being picked up at Picotte Elementary, the driver didn’t take him to his bus stop. She said he dropped Quincy at the wrong address. “He said he told the bus driver, ‘This is not my stop. I don’t know where I’m at,’ and the bus driver told him, ‘You can get off and you can walk home,’ …is exactly what he said, ‘You can walk home,'” she said.Walker said she moved last February to the next block over and gave her new address to OPS. She said they haven’t had any problems until Thursday when she says the regular driver was off and a substitute driver was behind the wheel.”It does not matter what the address is on the sheet, none of that matters. What matters is a bus driver made a 7-year-old get off the bus and he does not know where he was at and that’s what matters, ” Walker said.During the interview with Michelle, OPS superintendent Dr. Cheryl Logan personally called Walker.Walker said Logan also saw the video of Quincy crying and said she was investigating the incident.”She said, ‘I want you to know I’m so sorry that happened,'” Walker said.OPS also sent a statement.”Our district is committed to safely transporting more than 18,000 students to and from school each day. We take that privilege and responsibility most seriously. Investigating the incident, the drop off occurred at the address on file for our family. We regret that this situation did not meet our standard of care for students. The substitute driver for our contracted service is no longer transporting students in our district. Our Superintendent, district transportation staff and school principal have all been in direct contact with our family to express our concern and support. We will continue to thoroughly review the matter.”
Seven-year-old Quincy Walker is seen on the doorbell video crying and looking confused.
He was hot, tired and scared.
“It was heart-breaking when she sent me the video, I cried,” Quincy’s mom Makayla Walker.
The video shows Quincy standing on the doorstep of a familiar house he found, a block from where the Student Transportation of America bus driver dropped him off.
“If she wouldn’t have been home, then where would he have gone? How would he have gotten home?” Walker asked.
Walker said after being picked up at Picotte Elementary, the driver didn’t take him to his bus stop. She said he dropped Quincy at the wrong address.
“He said he told the bus driver, ‘This is not my stop. I don’t know where I’m at,’ and the bus driver told him, ‘You can get off and you can walk home,’ …is exactly what he said, ‘You can walk home,'” she said.
Walker said she moved last February to the next block over and gave her new address to OPS. She said they haven’t had any problems until Thursday when she says the regular driver was off and a substitute driver was behind the wheel.
“It does not matter what the address is on the sheet, none of that matters. What matters is a bus driver made a 7-year-old get off the bus and he does not know where he was at and that’s what matters, ” Walker said.
During the interview with Michelle, OPS superintendent Dr. Cheryl Logan personally called Walker.
Walker said Logan also saw the video of Quincy crying and said she was investigating the incident.
“She said, ‘I want you to know I’m so sorry that happened,'” Walker said.
OPS also sent a statement.
“Our district is committed to safely transporting more than 18,000 students to and from school each day. We take that privilege and responsibility most seriously.
Investigating the incident, the drop off occurred at the address on file for our family. We regret that this situation did not meet our standard of care for students. The substitute driver for our contracted service is no longer transporting students in our district.
Our Superintendent, district transportation staff and school principal have all been in direct contact with our family to express our concern and support. We will continue to thoroughly review the matter.”
