5-year-old discovered wandering alone alongside Santa Clarita intersection – NBC Los Angeles

A household is looking for solutions from a Santa Clarita college after their 5-year-old son was discovered wandering close to a fast-food restaurant a few mile from his elementary college.

Oliver Epstein, 5, was noticed strolling alongside a busy thoroughfare on Nov. 4 whereas his mother and father thought he was in after-school care. The kid’s nanny was pulling right into a McDonald’s when she noticed the little boy all by himself.

At a college board assembly Tuesday, Natalie Epstein fought again the tears as she relived the day her 5-year-old son wandered from college with none academics or directors noticing.

“I simply envision him strolling, like away. The place did he go? Like, was he on the lookout for our dwelling? Was he on the lookout for me?” mentioned Natalie.

Brett Epstein, Oliver’s father, says his son is often dismissed from North Park Elementary College at 12:25 p.m. after which heads about 10 toes away to after-school care. However round 3:30 p.m. on Nov. 4, Oliver’s nanny, Martha, noticed the boy strolling on McBean Parkway roughly a mile away from the college.

The nanny says she took the boy dwelling, who she discovered crying.

“Our nanny, Martha, occurred to be driving by to enter McDonald’s as a result of she had our different daughter along with her who was requesting to go there. So had that occurred, Oliver would have been unattended for even longer,” mentioned Brett.

“That makes me sick to my abdomen trigger I can solely think about how scared he was by himself,” mentioned Natalie.

The nanny referred to as Brett, who then referred to as his spouse.

“And he mentioned Oliver just isn’t in school, he’s on the sidewalk. And I mentioned that’s unattainable,” mentioned Natalie, who then referred to as the college. “To the supervisor, I mentioned, ‘Brett simply referred to as me and mentioned Oliver is on the sidewalk close to McBean and he or she mentioned, ‘No, he’s right here.'”

Moments later, little 5-year-old Oliver got here strolling in via the storage together with his nanny.

“They by no means checked on my son, they by no means mentioned, ‘Maintain on a second, let me go see if he’s right here.’ By no means,” mentioned Natalie.

Saugus Union College District Superintendent Colleen Hawkins addressed the incident in a press release, saying partially: “When district workers was alerted to the state of affairs, an investigation into the incident was immediAtely performed after confirming that the kid was protected and with their household. Primarily based on what we realized from this incident, applicable corrective motion has been taken, together with however not restricted to enhancements in pupil supervision protocols and in securing amenities. We’re grateful that the scholar was safely discovered as we perceive the seriousness of the state of affairs. Additional, we remorse the priority and frustration this incident triggered for the household.”

The Epsteins at the moment are shifting Oliver to a different college and hope to lift consciousness with their troubling expertise that also haunts them.

“It’s been very traumatic and a blessing that he was discovered,” mentioned Natalie.