Photo: KWTX
After a Texas bus driver noticed that his elementary school passengers were waiting for him each day in waist-high weeds, he took it upon himself to make some changes.
Martin “cut the grass at one of his bus stops so the students don’t have to stand in the weeds while waiting for the bus,” the post read. “The home is vacant and the yard is not being maintained. Three cheers for Mr. Martin!”
Martin, who has reportedly driven with the district for 18 years, said he noticed the young students at the stop, and grew concerned that they would suffer chigger bites, which cause itchy skin rashes.
“I mowed that lawn because my kids have to stand there, and tall grass attracts chiggers, so I didn’t want my kids having to stand in it and get chigger bites,” he told local CBS affiliateKWTX.
Martin added that it’s not the first time he’s mowed the area, but alerted his bosses this time so that they could snap a photo. He also told the outlet he has his sights set on other areas with similarly unkempt grass.
“[I thought] maybe we could show something positive that bus drivers are doing instead of always the negativity that you see in the media,” he said.
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“Mr. Martin was my elementary bus driver and he would always have fresh fruit for us to take home and was my favorite bus driver ever,” one woman wrote.
Penned another, “Mr. Martin is a genuinely great person. He drove my son’s bus in kindergarten and Gage thought he hung the moon… Beautiful soul.”
Meanwhile, Martin has some memories of his own of former students — including NFL star and Heisman Trophy winnerRobert Griffin III, who grew up in Copperas Cove.
“I used to drive a junior high student to his football games named Robert Griffin,” he told KWTX.
source: people.com
