School Bus Driver Gets Fired Over A Single Facebook Post That Everyone Should See
Your interactions with your child's school bus driver might be pretty short-lived: you'll greet them as they pull up to the stop or open the door to let your kid hop aboard, and that's about it. But bus drivers aren't just chauffeurs; they're people who truly care for the children they transport.
One Georgia bus driver proved this when a young passenger shared heartbreaking news with him. The driver was struck by what he heard, and he took action the only way he knew how. Unfortunately, it didn't end well for him...
Though Johnny Cook, a veteran bus driver for Haralson County Middle School in Georgia, had already finished his route for the day, he couldn't stop replaying something in his mind that had happened earlier at work.
As he worked with the horses on his property, he kept thinking about something that one of his usual bus riders had said. The student told Johnny that he was hungry, but he was 40 cents short for lunch that day. Instead of putting it on a tab or forgiving the difference, the school denied him a meal.
Johnny was shocked. To him, it was inhumane that a child could actually be denied lunch—especially at an institution that's meant to support children and help them thrive. His conscience wouldn't let him rest, so he took to Facebook...
In a status update, Johnny told his friends and family of the situation, and then shared his shock and dismay. "Huh! What!" he wrote. "This child is already on reduced lunch and we can't let him eat?" The message continued...