OMAHA, Neb. — The Omaha Public Schools transportation department will review its policies for dropping off students with special needs at their homes during future safety meetings following an incident last month wherein 11-year-old Jayman Washington, who is deaf, was dropped off at vacant house. 

On the day of the incident, Washington stayed after school for basketball and took a special-needs bus that he usually doesn’t ride. The driver had not received a notice that Washington’s family had moved a week before and dropped the boy off at his old residence.

Trevis Sallis, director of transportation for the school district, said the driver violated policy, according to a story on WOWT.com. “In this case the employee did not wait until the student got in the house or a party welcomed the child so that’s why we had a student left,” he said.

After waiting outside the vacant house for some time, Washington began to walk home. The boy’s mother, Randi Clark, became concerned when her son didn’t arrive home on time and on a hunch drove to their old residence — on the way, she found Washington.

Sallis did not reveal to the news source whether any disciplinary action will be taken against the driver, but he did say that employees will now be reminded that special-needs students need to be watched going into their homes or be welcomed by a parent or guardian before the bus drives away.