“I get to see my kids. I have not seen them since March when we started spring break and everybody disappeared off the face of the Earth. We haven’t been able to say anything to each other, laugh or go to the school,” said Rockwood School District bus driver Dustin Ray, who stops at the “twin bus stop” as he drives his bus route one last time on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in Chesterfield. (Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com)
“My job is definitely a lot of fun. The kids make me smile as much as I make them smile. They tell me more jokes than I think I have ever heard,” said Rockwood School District bus driver Dustin Ray, who drives his bus route one last time on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in Chesterfield. (Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com)
Jennie Adamek-Moore waits with her children Sophia, 7, and Ethan,10 to thank Rockwood School District bus driver Dustin Ray, as he drives his bus route one last time on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in Chesterfield. (Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com)
Students greet Rockwood School District bus driver Dustin Ray at their bus stop one last time on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in Chesterfield. (Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com)
“This is what they always do. They always race the bus home,” said Rockwood School District bus driver Dustin Ray, who drives his bus route one last time on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in Chesterfield. (Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com)
Eli Hoffman, 7, offers a present to Rockwood School District bus driver Dustin Ray, who stops at the “twin bus stop” as he drives his bus route one last time on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in Chesterfield. (Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com)
Collin Moon, 14, and his sister Hailey Moon, 11, offer a cup full of candy and card to thank bus driver Dustin Ray on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in Chesterfield. “We thanked him for everything he’s done and for just being our bus driver and bringing us to school” at Kehrs Mill Elementary, said Hailey, 11. (Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com)
“My job is definitely a lot of fun. The kids make me smile as much as I make them smile. They tell me more jokes than I think I have ever heard,” said Rockwood School District bus driver Dustin Ray, who drives his bus route one last time on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in Chesterfield. (Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com)
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