Kindergarten boy with autism drowns on 1st day of school

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The five-year-old boy who died Monday after wandering from his Saskatoon school yard into a pond needed specialized supervision due to his autism and lack of English-language skills, says the daycare worker who dropped him off that morning.

"We never let him go without supervision," daycare worker Eman Arslan told CBC News.

Arslan dropped the boy off at Ecole Dundonald School at 9 a.m. Monday. It was his first day. The boy put his backpack and jacket in his locker and was greeted by the teacher before Arslan left.

Just after the morning recess, the boy went missing and police were called. He was found minutes later in a pond a couple of hundred metres from the school yard. He was rushed to hospital but pronounced dead shortly after arriving.