The school year is barely a week old and already there has been a frightening incident outside Buffalo Jones Elementary School. They asked if she wanted a ride home. She wisely ran back to school and the security of trusted school employees.
Police advise children to run if approached by strangers.
This girl was smart enough to bolt back to the schoolhouse. Certainly this incident could have happened on any day in any neighborhood, or in a city park or local swimming pool. But, it's most likely to occur at the start or end of a school day where children congregate. Trust that those who prey on the young know where and when to shop. Concern will be heightened later in the fall, when the clocks turn back to standard time and school activities last well past sundown.