The father of a 6-year-old Omaha boy forgotten about and left on a school bus a few weeks ago tells Six On Your Side he never received a report on how safety procedures broke down.

“They forget him in the back sleeping," says Salvador Franco Sr. "I think they lock him in, I don't know for how long, maybe one hour, maybe more."

That shouldn't have happened with the check system on every Omaha Public Schools bus which starts with the stop sign. “That arms the system," says OPS Transportation Director Dave Wolfe. So when the engine stops, the horn sounds and to shut it off, a button has to be pushed in the back. That forces the driver to walk the aisle.

“Somebody punched that button and it wasn't him (the driver) ‘cause he didn't check the bus," says Wolfe.

The boy was spotted in the lot, sitting in the driver’s seat of the parked bus by a mechanic, but OPS officials won't say if the driver who forgot him will be driving again for OPS. “Appropriate actions have been taken by human resources, that's all I can say," says Wolfe.

District officials estimate the boy was in the bus less than two hours before being spotted. He was returned to Ashland Park Robbins Elementary School where his father picked him up.

Salvador Sr. has asked OPS for more information about how the driver missed his son on the bus. “They forget him, they don't know what happened and I want to know the truth."

Veteran driver Rita Kugler says the passenger check alarm should prevent another forgotten passenger incident. “It’s the safety factor. When I leave I check the bus, I know children are not on the bus, then I feel okay."

The bus check alarm system has been installed on all OPS and First Student buses. A school district spokesperson tells Six On Your Side an effort is being made to communicate with the boy's family about what happened and how future incidents can be prevented.