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Parents, childcare provider press Saugerties board after 5‑year‑old was dropped off alone; transportation policy review planned
Summary
A child-care director described a Sept. 2025 bus drop‑off that left a 5‑year‑old with an IEP unattended four houses from home; the board said it will review transportation policies and hold a policy committee meeting in October.
Bill Stutz, director of Speckled Frog play care, told the Saugerties Central School District Board of Education on Sept. 9 that multiple transportation problems are increasing safety risks for young children.
"I cannot understand how that could ever happen," Stutz said, describing an opening‑day incident in which a 5‑year‑old with an individualized education plan was dropped off alone four houses from home and was visible on a Ring camera walking to his front door. A neighbor reached the child about eight minutes later, Stutz said.
Stutz told the board the…
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