Fla. Man Picks Up Wrong Child From School
POSTED: Thursday, November 8, 2007
UPDATED: 10:34 am EST November 9,
2007
A 77-year-old Florida man who went to an elementary school to pick up his grandson instead picked up the wrong child and returned home.
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Long Branch Elementary School student 4-year old Zacari found himself in the Jacksonville home of a different family and in the middle of an unusual mix-up, according to a Local 6 report.His family said Pre-K gets out of school everyday at 1:30 p.m., and the students and teachers line up in front of the school for pick-up.However, after school Zacari became part of a kid mix-up when a grandfather went to Long Branch to pick up his grandson but wound up taking Zacari home by mistake."I went to his house," Zacari said."They don't have the same name. They don't even look alike," said Zacari's mother, Latoia Gillis.Apparently, to the grandfather, the boy did look like his grandson so he put Zacari on his bike and rode home."We were riding a bicycle, and he had to pick me up and put me in the middle," Zacari said."All the way from Long Branch to Main Street on a bicycle with a man who is 77 years old?" Gillis said.Zacari said when they got to the man's house it was the his wife who realized the mistake."She said, 'You got the wrong kid,'" Zacari said.Back at the school, Zacari's aunt had come to pick up the boy and was panicked to learn her nephew was already gone."I was thinking the worst. I was crying. I was shaking," said Zacari's aunt.The man who picked up the 4-year-old was on his way back to the school and Zacari was safe.The boy's family said it wants to make sure another mix-up like the one on Tuesday never happens again."I just want it to be a wake-up call. I'm very lucky to have my son back," Gillis said.She told WJXT-TV that at the beginning of the school year she filled out a form that included a list of names and contact numbers of the people with whom her son was allowed to go home.A school district representative said protocol was not followed in Tuesday's mix-up and the teachers involved would face disciplinary action.As a result of Zacaris's ride with a stranger, protocol district wide was immediately changed and Pre-K teachers will be required to check identification before allowing people to collect their youngsters from school.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
IMAGES: More strange stories, images Long Branch Elementary School student 4-year old Zacari found himself in the Jacksonville home of a different family and in the middle of an unusual mix-up, according to a Local 6 report.His family said Pre-K gets out of school everyday at 1:30 p.m., and the students and teachers line up in front of the school for pick-up.However, after school Zacari became part of a kid mix-up when a grandfather went to Long Branch to pick up his grandson but wound up taking Zacari home by mistake."I went to his house," Zacari said."They don't have the same name. They don't even look alike," said Zacari's mother, Latoia Gillis.Apparently, to the grandfather, the boy did look like his grandson so he put Zacari on his bike and rode home."We were riding a bicycle, and he had to pick me up and put me in the middle," Zacari said."All the way from Long Branch to Main Street on a bicycle with a man who is 77 years old?" Gillis said.Zacari said when they got to the man's house it was the his wife who realized the mistake."She said, 'You got the wrong kid,'" Zacari said.Back at the school, Zacari's aunt had come to pick up the boy and was panicked to learn her nephew was already gone."I was thinking the worst. I was crying. I was shaking," said Zacari's aunt.The man who picked up the 4-year-old was on his way back to the school and Zacari was safe.The boy's family said it wants to make sure another mix-up like the one on Tuesday never happens again."I just want it to be a wake-up call. I'm very lucky to have my son back," Gillis said.She told WJXT-TV that at the beginning of the school year she filled out a form that included a list of names and contact numbers of the people with whom her son was allowed to go home.A school district representative said protocol was not followed in Tuesday's mix-up and the teachers involved would face disciplinary action.As a result of Zacaris's ride with a stranger, protocol district wide was immediately changed and Pre-K teachers will be required to check identification before allowing people to collect their youngsters from school.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
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