Driver, matron barred after 6 special education students kept on bus for more than four hours

School bus carrying autistic students got lost in Brooklyn for 4 hours last year

A city investigation discovered that when the bus arrived at its destination in Crown Heights, one student was lying in a pool of urine. [ more › ]

Driver, matron barred after 6 special education students kept on bus for more than four hours

According to the city's Special Commissioner of Investigation, the students, ages 6 to 8, were supposed to arrive at P.S. 289 in Brooklyn before 9 a.m. on Dec. 16, 2025. Instead, investigators say they did not reach the school until about 1:25 p.m.

NYC school officials could not locate Brooklyn bus with six nonverbal children for hours: report

The findings come as NYC’s public school system faces intense pressure to fix yellow bus services, especially for tens of thousands of students with disabilities.

Brooklyn School Bus With Six Nonverbal Kids Went Missing

A yellow school bus carrying six nonverbal elementary school students disappeared for more than four hours last December, leaving New York City school officials unable to locate the children despite their efforts and prompting a report to the NYPD. The students, ages 6 to 8, were due at P.S. 289 The Brower School in Crown Heights between 8:20 and 9 a.m. on December 16, 2025. The bus did not arrive until 1:25 p.m., and one young girl had urinated…