Special needs educators must be familiar with all related services requested by parents, I get it. But make sure transportation is in the mix.

This month, the newsletter Transporting Students with Disabilities and Special Needs wrote that an estimated 5,000 children are left alone on the school bus each year, a percentage that can begin to rival that of the overall school bus safety record in regard to how many children's lives can be affected.

A student with special needs walked out of his school and towards the highway, and then the real adventure began.