By COLlive reporter
Parents of students at Lubavitch Educational Center (LEC) in Miami, Florida, received an important safety update today following an incident earlier this week that, baruch Hashem, ended safely, but has called attention to a serious safety concern.
In a letter sent to parents, the school administration shared that a mother received an automated attendance alert indicating that her child had not been signed in to school. Upon calling the school, she was told the child had not arrived. Knowing that she had placed her child on a shared carpool bus, the parent immediately contacted the bus company.
The child was subsequently located asleep in the back of the bus.
School officials emphasized the gravity of the situation, noting how serious the outcome could have been had the child not been discovered in time. The letter opened with a bracha of gratitude, “Baruch hagomel lechayavim toivos shegemolani tov,” expressing thanks to Hashem for the positive outcome.
The administration used the incident as a strong reminder to parents to take all attendance notifications seriously. While acknowledging that the school’s automated system is not infallible and may occasionally send alerts in error due to improper sign-ins, they stressed that no notification should ever be ignored.
“We can never be too cautious when it comes to the safety of our children,” the letter stated, urging parents to act immediately on any alert, even if previous ones proved to be false alarms.
“It is always far better to be cautious now than to regret later, G-d forbid,” they reminded.
time to get your own buses all yishevas in new york
It was a privately hired carpool large van company not the yellow school bus.
Shout out to the security guards who go around the parking lot every day and look into the back windows of every car to make sure.
And the preschool morahs who send a personal message to double check “hey is your kid coming today” in addition to the automated message
Yes we are a community with trauma and pain that will never go away 🙁 <3
But bh we take action.
And never ever ever think “it can’t happen to you”
This is why even in crown heights, we need to be extra cautious!
As a preschool teacher, I message the parents of any child who is not in school personally! It’s not enough to go through the office. I’ve had a kid that has been left on the bus as the bus driver was driving away we realized…