Students at Fancy Farm Elementary school in Kentucky are used to seeing their principal pitch in to get things done.
Janet Throgmorton has been the principal of the grammar school for the past 11 years. She’s known for wearing many hats in the best of times, but during the COVID-19 pandemic, she took her efforts a step further!
With staff shortages coming up left and right, any given day will find Janet helping out in several different areas of the school. Perhaps she’s serving up hot lunches in the cafeteria or emptying trash barrels at the end of the day; anything to keep their doors open and their students safe!
Principal Drives Bus to Take Students Back Home Safely Amid COVID-19 Staff Shortages
A Kentucky school principal has added to her resumé amid staff shortages owing to the pandemic. She has taken on the role of a busdriver 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). Principal Janet Throgmorton of Fancy Farm Elementary School in western Kentucky. (Courtesy of Janet Throgmorton)
Throgmorton told GMA that her students found their “Miss Janet’s” new role very funny at first.
When the going gets tough, the tough take the steering wheel. The school bus steering wheel, that is.
Such was the case for one inspiring Kentucky principal who jumped into action in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic to serve as surrogate school bus driver. But for Janet Throgmorton of Fancy Farm Elementary School in Fancy Farm, Kentucky, it wasn t about garnering praise it was just another day in the office.
Nevertheless, the acclaim did rush in, with many outlets from local television networks to
NBC covering Throgmorton s story of stepping in to drive students to school during this most difficult of times. The pinch-hitting principal spoke
Andi's Daily Do Good: Janet Throgmorton is always there for her students as their principal, but now she’s taking on the role of school bus driver, too.