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According to the Star Tribune, “The Robbinsdale School District is reviewing procedures with its bus drivers after a 4-year-old boy was left on a bus for about two hours Wednesday.� The boy is an early childhood student at the Cavanagh School in Crystal. After he didn’t show up to his YMCA day care at 3:45, the day-care provider called the school’s transportation office. “School district employees searched the bus and found the boy in his car seat around 5:50 p.m.� The boy’s parents picked him up about 20 minutes later. “According to Nancy Rajanen, Robbinsdale assistant superintendent of administrative services., the driver deviated from his regular route to accommodate another student who needed to use the bathroom. The driver delivered that student to her house, then returned to the bus garage in New Hope, not realizing the boy was still on the bus. The boy is typically dropped off before the other student. The district requires drivers to walk through their buses at the end of each trip to pick up trash, close windows and check for sleeping students. In this case, the policy was not followed, Rajanen said. The driver has been put on paid leave while officials investigate. The driver may face disciplinary action, according to district policy. The district did not release the name of the driver, but said he has worked for the district for 25 years and has a clean record.�

According to the Pioneer Press, “A 4-year-old boy who was supposed to be dropped off at a YMCA day care Thursday afternoon was accidentally left on a school bus for more than two hours before he was discovered.� The boy was supposed to be dropped off at 3:30 p.m. at the day care center in Crystal by a Robbinsdale school district bus. “The bus driver forgot about the boy after another child on the bus needed to use the bathroom, forcing him to detour from the normal route. After the YMCA called the bus dispatcher, officials searched the bus garage in New Hope and found the boy unhurt in his car seat on the bus.� The bus driver is on paid administrative leave.

The Pioneer Press article is much briefer providing fewer details and less attribution. It seems like the Star Tribune reported on the story and the Pioneer Press just watched the Channel 5 news.