Indiana mom pulls daughter from school after 6-year-old left behind on field trip: 'She thought she was lost'

An Indianapolis mother has pulled her first-grader from her schoolhouse aft nan 6-year-old was near down astatine an pome orchard pursuing a section travel past week.

Once reality group in, Allen instantly ran retired nan door, picked up Cianni's dada and rushed to nan schoolhouse to fig retired what was going on.

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Cianni Dungy, 6, seen present showing disconnected a missing bony from her smile.  (Dearra Allen/SWNS)

Cianni's teacher told nan mother she did a headcount earlier leaving nan section travel location. Allen responded that if nan headcount had been accurate, her girl would not person been missing.

"They really had thing to opportunity different than I was right," Allen said aft pressing schoolhouse officials for answers. 

Cianni told her mom 1 of her classmate's dads was her chaperone during nan section trip.

"Cianni said she conscionable kept playing because he ne'er called [her] name. Well, past she said she looked up a small later, and she noticed that everybody was gone," Allen said, adding that her girl went to look for personification successful nan pome orchard area anterior to going to nan pumpkin patch. 

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Cianni Dungy, 6, tin beryllium seen astatine a skating rink. (Dearra Allen/SWNS)

Cianni Dungy's mother told Fox News Digital nan 6-year-old was near down pursuing a section travel connected Oct. 16, 2024.  (Dearra Allen/SWNS)

"She said this woman came retired of obscurity and was like, ‘Hey, what's wrong? Are you OK?’ and she was like, ‘My schoolhouse near me.’"

Cianni was past taken to an office, wherever she was held until her main went to get her.  

"When we sewage to nan school, she wasn't location yet, and I didn't cognize that," nan mother said. "They was astatine nan schoolhouse by nan clip they realized that they didn't person Cianni."

The thrust clip between nan schoolhouse and orchard is astir an hour, Allen said, leaving nan first-grader without immoderate schoolhouse attraction for astir 2.5 hours.   

Family photograph of Dearra Allen, Cianni Dungy, Cianni's older sister Anyla Myers and younger brother, Timothy Dungy Jr.  (Dearra Allen/SWNS)

Allen said past section trips involving her oldest girl and Cianni done Christel House West Academy had gone disconnected without a hitch. 

Cianni and her parents did not reunite until 4:30 p.m. nan time of nan section trip, Allen said. Along pinch Cianni, she besides withdrew her oldest girl from nan school. 

Allen says she remains confused and feels for illustration she was being lied to astir who was chaperoning her girl astatine nan clip of nan incident. The mother said 2 classes were connected nan section travel astatine nan time, and she believes 50 students attended. 

As for Cianni, her mom said she was "so heartbroken, distraught. She didn't deliberation she was going to spot america again. She thought she was lost."

Cianni Allen, 6, seen successful this parkland photograph taken by her mother. (Dearra Allen/SWNS)

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The schoolhouse territory provided nan pursuing connection to Fox News Digital:

"Christel House is committed to nan information and well-being of each of our students. As soon arsenic unit identified nan situation, they took contiguous steps to guarantee nan information and well-being of nan student. We activity intimately pinch families to supply afloat support to reside immoderate concerns they whitethorn have.

The spot placed successful america by our families and organization is of utmost importance, and we are dedicated to upholding that spot pinch nan highest standards of attraction and responsibility."