A 7-year-old girl was found safe after she was inadvertently placed in the wrong van outside her Brockton elementary school.
Alicia Vitoria Goncalves Teixeira was found safe just over half an hour after Brockton police alerted the public to her disappearance from Angelo Elementary School, according to a Brockton Public Schools spokesperson.
The young girl mistakenly boarded a Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro South Van that delivered her to their Brockton clubhouse location. She was reunited with her family around 5:45 p.m.
“Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro South is deeply grateful that the 7-year-old Brockton student reported missing from the Angelo Elementary School this evening has been reunited with her family! While the student is not a BGCMS member, we are thankful that she was safe and well cared for at our Brockton Clubhouse after mistakenly boarding a Club van at school dismissal time. BGCMS will be working closely with Brockton Public Schools to review our policies and practices related to transportation to/from schools and our Clubhouse to ensure student safety at every level along our continuum of care,” reads a statement from the Boys and Girls Club.
“She boarded an incorrect bus that transported her to a local child care institution where she remained until reunited with her family,” a statement from Brockton Public Schools read in part.
Angelo Elementary School let out earlyFriday for the holiday break, according to the Brockton public schools website.
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