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Wayne Price has been driving a school for for five years, but his faith is what really drives to him to do everything in his life.
Early in the early morning of Dec. 11, the last week before schools in Montevallo, Alabama, closed for winter break, Price got a phone call that his school would be opening 2 hours later due to bad weather, including icy conditions and fog. For many children, school delays and closures are cause for celebration. But a delayed opening in Montevallo also means that many children will not be able to get breakfast at the school cafeteria or any morning meal at all.
A spokesperson at Montevallo Elementary School told TODAY Food that data from the 2018-2019 school year showed 75 percent of the school's children participate in the National School Lunch Program, a federal program that ensures kids from low-income families will be able to eat lunch and breakfast at a free or reduced price during the school day.
Price was already awake when he got news about the delay and immediately understood the implications of breakfast being cancelled for the elementary, middle and high school students in Montevallo (all of whom Price drives on his bus run).
"For a lot of students that means that they won't get to eat," Allison Campbell, Principal of Montevello Elementary, told TODAY Food. "It speaks volumes to [Price's] character that he was attune to that."
After hanging up the call, Price had an idea that truly reflects the spirit of giving. Before hitting his usual route, he headed to a local McDonald's to get himself a biscuit ... and one for every kid on the bus.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/good-news/school-bus-driver-hailed-as-a-hero-after-buying-breakfast-for-50-students-during-ice-storm/ar-BBR89kz?li=BBnb7Kz
MineralMan
(146,350 posts)Maybe not a hero. Being a nice guy is enough, though, in those circumstances. Bravo to him.
SWBTATTReg
(22,201 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)From Alabama to boot!
cwydro
(51,308 posts)it is the Christmas season!
TheBlackAdder
(28,252 posts)kacekwl
(7,026 posts)We're going to McDonald's to cheers from them. Sadly I would be in big trouble cause we aren't allowed to give the kids anything. Food allergies etc.
ecstatic
(32,782 posts)Mr. Quackers
(443 posts)Nice guy, sure. Hero? not so much.
Maybe if he led the kids through the ice storm from a smashed bus to safety and had to feed them carrion or wolf? that would be heroic.
ejbr
(5,858 posts)Still makes me sad for all the kids not on his bus who attend the same school and make up those statistics
akraven
(1,975 posts)As do my beautiful granddaughters. They go to a different school but all 3 are 500% loving this bus driver.