An Omaha school said Thursday it's putting a new procedure in place it hopes will prevent another incident as what happened Wednesday when a kindergartner was missing for five hours.

Five-year-old Malek Ware was supposed to go to day care after school, but never showed up. After dismissal from Lothrop Magnet School, Malek got in line where the vans and buses line up. He was in the right place in the right line wearing a badge stating he was going to day care, but got on the wrong van and nobody caught the error.

The same thing has now happened twice in two years involving the two same agencies when a girl got on the wrong day care bus.

This time, Malek got off at the Boys and Girls Club where he wasn't supposed to be. No one caught the mistake even though the school has safeguards in place like name tags with the child's name and what van they are supposed to ride. Also there are checklists at both ends.

Malek remembers the five hours he was missing. "Played games." Also the macaroni and cheese and new friends he made at the Boys and Girls Club.

His worried family was left with anger and a lot of questions. "This kid got walked to the wrong vehicle and put on the vehicle, they took him to the Boys Club,” says grandfather Kevin Reid. “First of all he had something stuck on his chest saying where he was supposed to be.”

“Someone messed up twice," says Reid. "They put him on the van, someone at the school messed up and someone at the Boys Club not doing their job. It's just that simple."

"I would say that whenever a child is not on the right van at the right time there is some responsibility on our part,” says Lothrop principal Rebecca Nichol.

"We have about eight adults that are part of the support staff, they check off the students’ names. This child inadvertently joined another line and ended up at the Boys and Girls Club."

"Our van driver was handed a list of six children and seven children got on the bus, he should have caught it," agrees Boys and Girls Club president Fred Schott. He says the mistake also should have been caught when Malek entered the front door.

"Procedures that were in place for some time broke down again," says Schott. "We feel fortunate nothing serious came of this, it will be a learning experience for us. It's not up to our standards, it's unacceptable."

The Boys and Girls Club is not changing its procedures, but will be going over correct procedure with its employees.

Lothrop Magnet Center is adding an extra step. Now instead of just handing a list of the students to the day care van drivers, the staff will actually check each one off as they get on the bus.