Gradeschoolers leave Las Vegas school campus without teachers noticing
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LAS VEGAS (KLAS) Parents are upset with administrators and teachers at a Las Vegas elementary school after their children left campus during recess and were found hours later at a coffee shop. 

The two girls who left were both 7 years old, second-graders at Tobler Elementary School. 

One of the girls was Christian and Lauren Peña’s daughter. They told 8 News Now they want policy changes after teachers didn’t even notice their child was missing. 

“Somehow they managed to wander off over here, jump this fence and then walk to Dutch Bros.,” Christian Peña said.

Christian Peña stands near where Tobler Elementary School officials said two second-grade girls climbed a fence to leave campus on recess. One of the girls was his daughter. (KLAS)

The Peñas are in disbelief over how their daughter disappeared from Tobler Elementary on Tuesday for more than an hour and a half. He was told there were no school cameras pointing to the area where the girls hopped the fence. 

“There was no footage, and nobody noticed that they were gone. My whole thing is how is a kid able to wonder off, and then the teacher doesn’t notice that there’s an empty seat in the class,” Christian Peña said.

Tobler Elementary is located at Buckskin Avenue and Torrey Pines Drive There’s a Dutch Bros. about half a mile away on Cheyenne Avenue and Torrey Pines Drive.

The Peñas said they were floored when the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department called them Tuesday after the workers at Dutch Bros. notified police about the two girls.

“I’m still in shock. Obviously, my main thing is that my daughter is safe, and also her best friend is safe. I’m just hurt,” Lauren Peña said.

Tobler Elementary School. (KLAS)

Sandra Morales’ daughter was the other student who walked away from Tobler Elementary on Tuesday.

Both parents said something serious could’ve happened to their children, and to add salt to the wound, administrators at Tobler are punishing the girls. 

“They’re blaming my daughter. It’s not my daughter’s fault,” Morales said. “She’s a little girl. A child is curious and wants to experiment.”

Morales said she’s traumatized over the experience.

The Peñas are keeping their daughter home until they decide whether she will return to Tobler Elementary. Morales’ daughter is back at Tobler and can no longer go outside for recess. 

The Clark County School District confirmed to 8 News Now they’re investigating the incident. 

Both parents told 8 News Now they want Tobler Elementary to raise the height of the fence near the school, so kids aren’t allowed to escape. 

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