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'Three times is three times too many' for kids left on buses

By Tim Mitchell
Sunday May 18, 2008

Tim Mitchell

Amy McCullom holds twins Rudy and Rosa, above, in front of their house in Villa Grove before putting the youngsters on the bus for school, left. Rosa was left behind on a bus on April 16 for about 2 1/2 hours.

VILLA GROVE – Amy McCullom says she was upset when she learned that her 3-year-old daughter, a special education early childhood student, was left abandoned on a school bus for nearly three hours on April 16.

"It hit me like somebody punched me in the stomach," McCullom said. "I was physically shaken."

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