After the first day of school in Louisville, Ky., Patrick Lester could not find his 6-year-old daughter, Adara. After he waited for 40 minutes at the bus stop, a phone call to the school revealed that she had been put on another bus, Mr. Lester said. But school staff members could not confirm whether she had been dropped off, nor could they reach the driver. His partner, Heather Gray, left work and drove around the neighborhood, looking for Adara. “And the bus driver had kicked her off and told her to walk home.”

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Persons: Patrick Lester, Adara, Lester, Heather Gray, “, Ms, Gray, ” Locations: Louisville, Ky