Ok 1) this is a long read 2) I already emailed the principal with my concerns 3) what other actions…

Ok 1) this is a long read 2) I already emailed the principal with my concerns 3) what other actions should i take? And 4)anything else y'all want to add, please do!

I have a major concern about not only Autumn's safety and well-being but the other students at ________ as well. Yesterday on Tuesday, December 10th, 2019 I was waiting outside the PreK hallway, along with two other mothers, for our children to be brought out for pick up. I glanced over towards that big tree in the "court yard" to the right and saw a little girl sprinting down the side walk. She was coming from somewhere in the opposite direction as the gym doors by where we stood. As she ran by, towards the gym, she looked over and made eye contact with me. She was blood red in the face and looked scared but that didn't register at that moment. I thought she was with an adult. I waited, expecting her parent or teacher to come following her. But no one came. So i watched as she ran straight to the gym doors and pulled as hard as she could, using her entire body strength. I was, by then, concerned and confused but it seemed as i was the only adult who noticed this little girl. Then she turned and looked at me...she was blood red with tears streaming down her cheeks. She was TERRIFIED! I will never get the picture of her little face out of my head.. I immediately went into "mom mode", not caring who's child she was. I went towards her and asked "baby what's wrong?", she answered in a fast, scared voice, something along the lines of that her class and teacher were in the gym for pick up, that she got left behind And that she was gonna miss pick up. This child seriously believed she was getting left and not getting to go home that night. One of the other moms then answered that no one was in the gym yet. I met the girl halfway between us and squatted down and I asked who her teacher was and she was trying to think but by then the other moms were telling her to go up to the glass doors on the PreK hall where teachers were right inside, getting ready to bring students out for pick up. I also asked after that, what her name was, she was about to tell me but then the teachers opened the glass doors to bring out students and when they did, they all saw all of us staring back at them and me squatting down with this scared little girl. And one lady looks suddenly frightened and yells "TABITHA!" "Come Here!". Tabitha looks at me and I told her that it was ok and to go with her teacher. She ran up the stairs and into the school, half the teachers turned back with them and I heard one yell for Mrs ___(autumns teacher). The rest kept bringing kids out like nothing happened, but I could hear the whispering..

Tabitha had to be between 3-5years old but I think she's probably 4 years old. She was also blood red when she got to the gym doors, meaning either she had been running around for a while or back and forth from the gym to the doors in that court yard, or she had been at the doors in the court yard banging trying to get in.. In any of those cases, it breaks my heart and concerns me immensely! Also it was extremely cold outside at that time yesterday! But She was able to give us critical information to help her. If that had been Autumn, she wouldn't have been able to tell us anything.  If that had been Autumn, I feel like the outcome would have been very different and a lot worse. Thank God Tabitha knew she was getting picked up soon and didn't run away or wander off! But how did she get left outside to begin with?! How did no one realise she was missing?!  And did anyone notify her parents of what occured?! I'm very concerned!