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Omaha, NE - A little girl, left alone on a daycare transportation van for five hours. And a similar child endangerment case happened at the same daycare before. Staffers left four year old Haylee Maxson in an unattended van February 26th. Her parents outraged when the daycare sent Haylee home with nothing more than a letter. On the morning of February 28th, her parents met with the owners of Little Lambs daycare. They say, owner

Sheryl Godsey apologized. She said it's the duty of three different staff members to check van for children and no one did. Those three staff members have been fired, they include an assistant daycare director, bus driver and another person. That incident is still an active case. The parents filed a lawsuit last April, claiming Little Lambs was negligent. The mother in that case is hoping to settle the case soon.

 

Child protective services and Omaha police are investigating this case. Haylee's parents outraged because this is the second time a child has been left on a bus, that parents know of. A review of state records shows, in November 2010, Little Lambs left a two year old boy on a bus for more than seven hours. The daycare didn't notify the mother in that case for two weeks, until a neighbor who heard about the incident told her. That mother sued, at the time, Godsey and her husband Dan managed the daycare. Police cited Dan with child endangerment and the state put Little Lambs on probation until 2012.

Owner Godsey said over the phone, the daycare has put steps in place to prevent this from happening again. She said all busses will soon have an alarm device that will be at the back of the bus. Drivers will have to walk to the back of the bus and push a button once the engine is turned off to stop the alarm from sounding. This will ensure that every seat is looked over. The van in the latest incident has been taken out of service.