Live Breaking News & Updates on 7 Year Old Girl Walks Out Of School Alone

HEMPSTEAD, Texas (KTRK) Concerned parents want answers after their 7-year-old child walked right out of school and was found wandering blocks away.
Second-grader Valeria Ramirez lives about a mile away from Hempstead Elementary School. Her mom told ABC13 she thought her little girl was safe at school, but instead, she learned she was out dodging cars.
Valeria is said to have left the elementary school Wednesday afternoon, all on her own. The 7-year-old said someone told her that her mom was waiting to take her home, but when that wasn t the case, she ended up walking.
During an interview, Valeria s mom, Mabel Hernandez, said the district failed to keep her daughter safe and is wondering how the 7-year-old left the campus by herself before the bell rang. ....

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