SENT HOME ALONE..A FAMILY DEMANDS ANSWERS AFTER THEIR 6 YEAR OLD SON WAS SENT HOME FROM SCHOOL.. WALKING FOR MORE THAN A KILOMETRE ALL BY HIMSELF

Chandrayee Roy Choudhury, Canada: 

Calgary....

Adanech Sahilie was shocked when her six-year-old son knocked on the family's front door Wednesday morning.

That's because she'd just dropped him at school an hour earlier.



He walked home from school - that was a shocking experience," said Sahilie," I asked him why he said he was coughing in class and his teacher asked him to grab his stuff and go home. My heart dropped."





Her son said his teacher told him he had to go home since he had COVID-19 symptoms - so that's what he did.



He left his classroom at Holy Child School in the southwest community of Silverado and walked more than a kilometre home, crossing several busy roads in the process.



He's never walked alone before.



The CCSD (Calgary Catholic School District) says staff have apologized to the family and are reviewing protocols when it comes to younger students.



Sahalie said her son says two different strangers stopped him on his way home, asking if he was lost or needed help.

One woman made sure he crossed a busy street safely.



"I don't know if this happens repeatedly, I have no clue," said Sahalie, "but there should be a safety protocol followed, especially in an elementary school."