Good samaritans look after kindergartner after bus stop incident

<span>Two Chester Grade School students are being hailed as heroes after coming to the aid of a kindergartner following a bus stop incident on Thursday.</span>

<span>Paige Favier, a fifth grader, and Kaitlyn Compton, a fourth grader, noticed a kindergartner crying on the side of the road after being let off the bus at the bus stop on High Street. The girls took it upon themselves to walk the kindergartner home to try and get adult help.</span>

<span>"We got delayed by traffic and couldn't get to the bus stop in time, that's why he got off the bus by himself," said Amanda Shinabarger, who is the child's aunt. "He walked halfway down the street with a friend and none of the other parents stopped to take care of him."</span>

<span>Shinabarger said her nephew's friend went into a nearby house and the kindergartner remained outside.</span>

<span>"We were kinda shocked that it even happened," Shinabarger said. "We're all just relieved that (the girls) had the sense to stop and ask him if he was OK and walked him home.</span>

<span>"He could have gotten kidnapped or gotten lost and we wouldn't have known where he was."</span>

<span>After being notified of the incident, CGS Principal Tim Lochhead said he pulled Favier and Compton into his office and thanked them for what they did.</span>

<span>"I just like the idea that it takes a village to raise a child," Lochhead said. "We have a character education program where we teach them how to treat each other and to see that in action off the school campus is heartwarming.</span>

<span>"They just did the right thing."</span>

<span>The incident is a reminder that common mistakes can and do happen, but a potentially dangerous situation was avoided thanks to Favier and Compton.</span>

<span>"The girls did a heroic thing and they took care of someone who was helpless and it was great of them to do that," Shinabarger said. "It was out of our control. Things happen where it's a common mistake, but we're also hoping it never happens again."</span>