Overview

• Four-year-old special needs student was found about two-and-a-half hours after boarding a Valley View Elementary School bus and hospitalized with low blood pressure and an elevated heart rate.
• Montville Police and the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office charged 61-year-old Frank J. Blair with endangering the welfare of a child following the July 10 incident.
• Prosecutors allege Blair violated state law and company policy by failing to perform mandatory post-route bus inspections to ensure no students remained onboard.
• District officials clarified that Blair was a contracted driver rather than a direct school employee, raising questions about oversight of outsourced transportation services.
• The incident has intensified calls for enhanced driver training and stricter enforcement of post-route inspection rules across New Jersey school districts.