A Sacramento kindergartner's ride home from school ended with a scare when the boy found himself alone on a parked bus in a transportation lot, according to district officials.Watch report: Sacramento kindergartner left on school bus in parking lotThe boy's name and exact age were not released.A spokesman for the Sacramento City Unified School District said the boy is a student at John Cabrillo Elementary School in the South Land Park neighborhood. The incident happened Monday.Spokesman Gabe Ross told KCRA 3 the boy boarded a van-style bus with 16-20 seats and apparently fell asleep during the ride.Ross said the driver missed the boy's stop and returned to the transportation yard in the Tahoe Park neighborhood.Ross said the boy was not discovered until he awoke on the bus and called out for help."You can imagine it was alarming and scary for a small child, and so the staff did their best to console him," Ross said.The district estimated the boy was on the bus for about 14 minutes and said he was never in any danger.As soon as staff members discovered him, they took him home and told his parents."That's irresponsible," parent Christine Brantley said. "Don't they check the buses or anything?"Ross said drivers are required to inspect each seat before leaving the bus, but that did not happen in this case.He said the driver in this case has been placed on paid leave while administrators determine if he or she should be punished."He should be not be fired, but reprimanded," said Rudy Graves, whose grandchildren attend John Cabrillo Elementary School. "I think he should be reprimanded.""I'd reprimand them in some way, because they are responsible for the children. I mean, you're taking responsibility. That's a lot of responsibility to just walk out of a vehicle," said Patricia Ambrose, a parent at the school.Because of budget cuts, busing is limited to about 2,300 students the Sacramento City Unified School District, officials said.About 1,300 of those students are enrolled in special education programs.The district would not say if the student left on the bus has any special needs.