With school delayed due to a storm, driver buys breakfast for every kid on his bus
School bus driver Wayne Price had already picked up several students last week in Montevallo, Alabama, when he got a message notifying him that school was going to open late due to an ice storm.
Many of the kids in the school district get free or reduced breakfast and lunch at school, and Price was concerned that they were going to miss a meal. He didn't want anyone to go hungry, so he drove to a nearby McDonald's and bought every kid on the bus a sausage biscuit. In total, he bought about 50 breakfasts. "I did not think he was going to do it," fifth grader Elizabeth Lopez told ABC 33. "I am really thankful for having him as a bus driver, and he feels like a dad to me."
The children were "really appreciative," Price said, and gave him high fives and fist bumps. Montevallo Elementary School shared what happened on its Facebook page, and Price is now receiving praise from across the United States. He didn't expect what happened to go further than the school bus, he told Today, adding that he's driven by his faith and love for the students.
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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