CINCINNATI — A Cincinnati mother reached out to me after her non-verbal son with autism was denied a ride home from school, leaving him stranded for nearly two hours.

Kelly Morris said her trust in Cincinnati Public Schools' transportation provider is broken after the incident involving her second-grade son, Lovelle Gentry, at Covedale Elementary School.

"They need to get a new contract with a different transportation company because I literally do not trust them," said Morris.

The incident occurred during just the second week of classes when the same Universal Transportation (UTS) bus that picked up Lovelle that morning refused to take him home.

"My mom started calling my other phone. I'm like, yeah, I'm on the porch. She was like, 'No, you have to go get your son. He's left at school

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