Corinna Goode-Lavern says her 5-year-old son Tristan was not among the group of students waiting for their parents when she pulled in to pick him up.
"It's scary to know our littles aren't safe at school," Goode-Lavern said.
Goode-Lavern says she started frantically searching for her son across the school's campus with help from one of the front office workers.
"I actually had a panic attack in the car searching for him. My thoughts were, my son is gone forever. Where could he have gone? A five-year-old wandering, someone is going to pick him up or worse, someone is going to hit him," Goode-Lavern said.
As it turns out, Goode-Lavern says that Tristan got scared while waiting for her to pick him up. He walked away from the pickup line and all the way home, a 12-minute walk.
"My local mailman actually stopped me and said, 'Hey, I seen your child walking, he is safe on your porch.' My son walked 8 long blocks across 7 streets alone as a 5-year-old. And nobody knew," she said. "When I got to him and he was crying, he said, 'Mommy, I looked both ways before I crossed.' "
"I was like, 'I appreciate you so much. You made sure my son was safe and nobody else could do that for us,' " Goode-Lavern said.
Tristan will start at a different school within the district on Monday, but Goode-Lavern says she is working to get him moved out of the district entirely. In a statement, Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District leaders told CBS13:
When asked what changes exactly were being implemented, the district gave this response:
"Cleo Gordon Elementary has refined its dismissal procedures for kindergarten students to further support an orderly and safe end to the school day. Staff continue to use clipboards to confirm authorized pick-up, and now students remain behind the gates with staff until their guardian arrives. Parents and guardians park and meet students at the gates, rather than having the kindergarteners walk out to the pick-up area. These updates build on existing safety practices for our youngest learners."
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