This is a night mare to me one of my worst fears for 25 years, We are located on a main Hwy right in front of a Hospital. I've preached to my staff thousands of times that they never wanted to look a parent in the face and say they let there child out on this hwy due to neglect. Which this was a horrible accident not neglect. The teacher has been with me for 24 years and this is a horrible experience for her. She worked at Newton General for 20 yrs. with babies and for me 24 yrs. She is the most dedicated person I know to children. The day in question I had just came home from out patient surgery for my knee i was out of it when the phone rung at my home. The officer was excited when he called me. I simply said call my assistant she had more knowledge. This child was not out of the building but 2 minutes this was all on tape. She went out of the classroom door when the teacher was cleaning up a 2 yr old that had boo booed on it's self and played in it. The teacher only had 6children in the classroom at the time of this incident. yes the teacher had her back to the child and she ran out the door a door that the fire department will not let us secure due to fire codes They wrote us a letter on our behalf. We immediately called the mother at work and it took two hours for someone to come from the family, which it was no harm done, for it was not an emergency.The child was back in her classroom playing she was fine acted like nothing had happen. The mother knew about this incident within a 30 minute time fram. The ems did not save this child a passing motorist and her daughter stopped the traffic and got this child and flagged down the ems that was commin up hwy 278. This was caught on video. The ems was on my property within a 2 minute time fram waiting on the police to come here. Yes my staff was scared to death and could not think of the names or anything else for a few minutes. We knew who this child was and did the proper proto call as soon as we could. I have always excepted responsibily for this i hated that it happen but thank the lord up above that the child was not hurt. This could have been a fatalty. I'm so sorry that this happened to this family and I would like to apologize to this family. Thanks Kathy Cain Owner
Pros: Great Day Care
Cons: Horrible accident
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