Kansas bus driver fired after child left on bus

A Eudora school bus driver has been fired after leaving a sleeping preschooler on a bus.

Eudora schools spokeswoman Kristin Magette says the child fell asleep Wednesday while being taken to afternoon preschool at Eudora Elementary School. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that after dropping off children, the bus driver took the bus home and went inside.

A passerby noticed the preschooler crying a couple of hours later and called the school. The school resource officer then came to take the child back to school, and the child’s parent was notified.

Magette says the school was not expecting the child because the preschooler’s parent had called about the child having an appointment.

The Eudora district requires bus drivers to walk to the back of the bus, checking each seat.

This story was originally published November 10, 2014 at 11:07 AM with the headline "Kansas bus driver fired after child left on bus."