An East Bay family says their 5-year-old with special needs was found running down the street after Del Rey Elementary School staff lost sight of him.A Hayward family says an East Bay public school let their 5-year-old, who is in a class for children with special needs, wander off campus and into the street where a driver found him running more than 1,500 feet away from the school.
"And he called me and said, 'yeah they found him' - he was on Bockman and a citizen had stopped and called the sheriff's office and waited with him," said Tina. "The thing is, the school is on this side so he had already crossed the street. He ran all the way down here, ran through the stop sign and was going towards the stop light," said Williams."All the way down there," said Williams.Approximately a third of a mile.Once she and another driver stopped, they called 911. When Alameda County sheriff's deputies arrived, Angie posted a picture of JoJo to the "What's Happening San Lorenzo" Facebook group.
"So they let him go and they kept a long eye on him is what they, how they put it - they kept a long eye on him," she continued."I mean, it could have been so much worse, he could have been hit by a car, somebody could have taken him," said Tina. According to the district spokesperson, school doors can be opened from the inside in accordance with building and fire codes, but they are locked to entry from the outside.
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