6-year-old Channing Gillus’ trip from her home to summer learning at Janney Elementary School in Washington, D.C.  usually doesn’t take long. But a few weeks ago it took longer than usual and her mom is now looking for answers according to FOX 4 Washington.

The whole thing began with the bus arriving 15 minutes late.

“[Extended school year learning] starts at 9 a.m. At 10 a.m., I text Channing’s teacher just to say, ‘Hey, what time did Channing get to school?’ And her response was, ‘Channing’s not here,’” Asha Gillus, the girl’s mother told the news station. At the time no one knew where Channing was.

“I start calling people, texting people, emailing the director of transportation of [the Office of the State Superintendent of Education] in all caps ‘WHERE IS CHANNING?’ calling the school,” Gillus said. Gillus says she didn’t want to leave her home in case the bus brought her daughter back.

“It was a fear, something I still deal with every day because I still have no answers,” she said.

Then for two-and-a-half hours Channing was dropped off at school. Channing missed breakfast and three lessons her mother said the classes she missed was vital to her development, “critical for her development because she has Down syndrome and she is in a special education program.”

Despite having an onboard GPS system, the driver and attendant, who were new to the route got lost. Gillus sought her own answers about what happened, but found more troubling information.

“I asked for the camera footage. Apparently there are cameras on the buses that are not operational,” she said. The next day, a private transportation contractor, a driver and attendant were sent to take Channing to school.

“I get a call from Channing’s former day care center, that is down the street from her school, saying something happened,” Gillus said.

The contractor had taken her to that former day care provider. “So they took Channing to the wrong building,” her mother said. The Office of the State Superintendent of Education pledged to work with the Gillus family to resolve the issue.

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