Dad surprises son with special needs by becoming school bus driver
Rick Daynes answered a call to help with a bus driver shortage at his son’s school district, training in secret to surprise his son with special needs. A father answered a call to help with a bus driver shortage at the local school district, training in secret to surprise his son, who is on the autism spectrum, on his first route. In San Diego, California, the Poway Unified School District was experiencing a shortage of bus driver s. They shared their need for driver s within the community, and Rick Daynes answered the call for help. Daynes' children attend school in the district, including Eli, his autistic 10-year-old son. At the beginning of the school year, there were many days when the bus was late due to the bus driver shortage. Sometimes it fell behind by more than an hour, he told ABC News affiliate KGTV. In San Diego, California, father Rick Daynes learned to drive a bus for his son Eli's school district, Poway Unified School District. Poway Unified School District Whe...