School bus driver to retire after 40 years

Students are looking forward to Spring Break, and so is one Brodhead school bus driver.  Clint Bailey will be beginning his second retirement and will hang up his bus keys on Friday April 7.

Bailey began driving a school bus following his retirement from the Brodhead School District as a teacher in 2002 because he “wanted to stay involved with the kids,” he said.

Over the last 42 years, Bailey has served three generations of school children from the Brodhead community, first as a teacher, then as a school bus driver.  “My goal was to make a difference in how the kids see themselves and that they know that each one is valued and appreciated,” he said.

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