Walt Carey, a retiring Lower Merion school bus driver, did not get a proper chance to say goodbye to students and families he has loved due to the coronavirus-related school closures, writes Marc Narducci for The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Seventy-year-old Carey has been driving the school bus in Lower Merion for the past twelve and a half years. He decided to retire at the end of the 2019-20 academic year, not expecting his last day to be on March 13 – the day all classes moved online.
The unexpected end to the school year robbed him of many retirement traditions, including saying goodbye to all the people that mattered to him.
“That is the difficult thing. I wanted to tell the youngsters and their parents what a pleasure it was to drive them,” said Carey. “A lot of the parents are so friendly, and I got to know them pretty well.”
In addition to the kids, Carey also missed out on more time with other drivers.
“I will miss the camaraderie of my fellow bus drivers,” he said.
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