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Brooks kindergartener invites bus driver to school bus-themed party BY LAUREL HUSTER laurel@newnan.com
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Brooks Elementary School student loves his school bus driver so much that he wanted to have a school bus themed birthday party with her there. John Thompson, who just turned six, is in kindergarten at Brooks. His mom, Laura Thompson, said he started out the school year virtually, and then went back in person full time. Laura said he wanted to try out riding the bus, but was pretty nervous about it. However, he ended up liking riding the bus because he loves his bus driver, Vicki Cochran. “For his birthday, he wanted to have a bus-themed birthday party with her there,” Laura said. His party was April 25, and
Cochran was invited, but she told John she wasn’t sure if she would make it because she had surgery on her foot just a few days before. “I thought it was great; it made me feel good,” Cochran said. “I’ve been driving 31 years, and I’ve never been invited to a birthday party, and not one that was themed after me.” Cochran said John brought her an invitation to the party, in case she wanted to cancel her surgery so she could come. “I had no idea that he cared that much about me, and that he wanted to be a bus driver,” Cochran said. Cochran said John wanted her to bring the school bus to his party.
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PHOTOS COURTESY LAURA THOMPSON
Bus drivers from the school system brought Vicki Cochran, John Thompson’s bus driver, to his birthday party. Pictured with John from left are Donna Vogt, Ann Cobb and Cochran.
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