Primary after he was left waiting outside the school for nearly six hours.

Tiesha Douglas rang the school on Monday afternoon and asked them to tell TiaeVince to go to his aunt's house rather than wait for her because she had to work late.

But the message was never given to TiaeVince, prompting a frantic search for him when he did not arrive at his aunt's house.

The Police were called and TiaeVince was found, after nightfall, patiently waiting at the Glebe Road school.

Mother furious at school Miss Douglas, a hairdresser, said the school showed little concern about the blunder but noted that if a mother made the mistake, she would have run the risk of the courts taking her child.

"I called my sister's house in Middletown to make sure he was there but they thought he'd stopped at the playground,'' said Miss Douglas.

"When I called at 6 p.m., everybody in the neighbourhood was looking for him.

I called the school half-an-hour later and there was just an answering machine.

"I called other relatives to see if he was there. I have never been so worried. I was hysterical. It's only a six-minute walk from Victor Scott to my sister's house.

"We called Police and they said they'd look out for him. It would be getting dark soon.

"So I left my client and I met my family and we looked everywhere. We found him sitting on the steps at 8.45 p.m.

"He was crying. He said: `Mummy did you forget me?' He was tired and hungry.'' "When I spoke to the school they didn't apologise. They said they understood what I had gone through and they told me to call twice in future.

"They said I should leave a message and then ring again to see if my son had got it. But it's somebody's job to pass on messages.

"Yet, if it was me who had left him, I would have ended up in court. They would have said I was negligent.

"But if the school does it it's all right.

"I don't want my son to go through that a second time if he didn't get the message. Anything could have happened to him. I have never been so angry in my life.

"When the term ends, I will look at putting him into another school where my child will be dealt with properly.

"I was told the Chief Education Officer would be in touch but I haven't heard from him.'' Victor Scott deputy principal Dr. Freda Bryon refused to comment about the case.

Education Minister Milton Scott said he was unaware of the details of the complaint.

He said: "I don't get into micro management of schools. The principal or the deputy principal should be asked or the Chief Education Officer -- that's their function. They are responsible for concerns raised.'' Chief Education Officer Dr. Joseph Christopher failed to return calls to The Royal Gazette .