Principal Drives Bus to Take Students Back Home Safely Amid COVID-19 Staff Shortages

Principal Drives Bus to Take Students Back Home Safely Amid COVID-19 Staff Shortages
Courtesy of Janet Throgmorton
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A Kentucky school principal has added to her resumé amid staff shortages owing to the pandemic. She has taken on the role of a bus driver to ensure her students get home from school safely.

Janet Throgmorton of Fancy Farm Elementary in Graves County, western Kentucky, is acting principal to 184 preschool through sixth-grade students. Two of the school’s bus drivers are battling COVID-19, reported Good Morning America (GMA).