alright, Ive read this whole thread before offering my two cents. I do feel that the school is partially responsible. At this time, we cannot prove who took Kyron, or when he was taken. If it was TH, what makes the school any less responsible because she was known to the child?! If it was a stranger abduction, how is that worse than a parental or family abduction? To me, the whole issue should have come to light when phone calls go out to the parents regarding his absence. EVERY school should have that policy in place. Think of how many abused and neglected children we read about, that could have been noticed sooner, if daily attendence calls were made. And these calls cannot be automated, they need to actually reach a human being. If parents cannot be reached, go to the next on the list, right on down until you get a human on the phone. Just imagine if someone called you about your neice or nephew 3 days in a row, and you hadn't heard from your sis, you'd be worried enough to check up wouldnt you?
In this case, without the proper signed note, and paperwork, the child should not have been allowed to leave for the mystery Dr.s appointment. Period. Thats the policy they have in place, and it needs to be followed, every day, not just some days or regular days, or non science fair days. The problem here is that we do not know if the teacher was even told of the dr appointment for certain, AND noone saw Kyron leave apparently. How the hello does that even happen? NONE of the security measures in place were followed, and they weren't strong enough or proactive enough even if they were followed.
Im thankful to send my children to a small rural school. Our security is lax though. Im glad we have small classes, and everyone knows everyone. There are about 150 students K-12. There are no sign in sign out procedures, but there are absentee calls. The children are mostly bused, but we do have walkers, my children included. Teachers line up outside down the front walkway to greet the students every morning, and the same at dismissal. Its organized chaos for sure. There are no cameras, no security gaurds, no buzzer, and multiple doors to enter and exit. It would be easy to misplace a child, BUT! there are absentee calls, and they keep calling until they reach you or someone on the list. I think that is the biggest issue with the security at skyline truly, if only they had made the calls, Kyrons absence would have been known so much sooner, and it would have been much easier to find the truth in his disappearance.
