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One Child Left Behind
It was supposed to be a simple end to a school day: Justice Johnson, a Boston first-grader, would ride the bus home like every other excited kid. But what began as a rite of passage turned into a nightmare that dragged on for hours, leaving Justice stranded on a bus and his mother, Ronda Johnson, in a state of panic.
Justice was set to arrive home at 3:30 p.m. for his very first solo bus ride. As the minutes ticked by, Ronda waited. And waited. The new app meant to track bus locations was about as useful as a flip phone in a dead zone. By 4:00 p.m., Ronda's concern shifted from mild worry to…
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