In the Matter of GP, FH# 2017-0130

Affirmed - DCF had reasonable cause to support the 51A decision for neglect against the Appellant (a professional driver of children to and from a special education program). The Appellant ("GP") failed to follow the established policy of the transportation company he worked for to ensure that all children were unloaded from the van he was driving when it arrived at the special education program. As a result, "N," a three-year-old child with a delayed speech condition, was left in the van without any supervision for three hours as the Appellant attended a training seminar. In the case, GP was understood to be a caregiver for N, and N was found to have become dehydrated and to have soiled herself from remaining unsupervised for three hours in the Appellant's van.