‘I wanted them to be excited for school’; Pewaukee bus driver brightens up school buses with art

PEWAUKEE, Wis. (CBS 58) — A Pewaukee faculty bus driver is popping faculties buses into ghoul buses for Halloween!

Felicia Goines is the artist, and she or he additionally drives a bus for GO Riteway Transportation.

“All people is so harassed, and so simply one thing foolish that they get to see on a window and having a bus drive by,” mentioned Goines.

Going again to highschool this 12 months was powerful for college kids throughout, however Goines is ensuring these college students begin their days off proper.

Ghosts and monsters, pumpkins and princesses- a unique colourful drawing on each window. 

Her artwork caught the eye plenty of little eyes in Pewaukee.

“I used to be like ‘is that even our bus,'” mentioned Mya, a second grade pupil at Pewaukee Lake Elementary College.

“I’ve by no means painted home windows earlier than, and I at all times needed to be an artist however I by no means adopted that dream sadly,” mentioned Goines.

Goines misplaced her advertising job final 12 months and that led her to this new dream job- a bus driver for the Pewaukee College District.

“This was the very best job I may ever have, having the ability to make the children completely happy,” mentioned Goines. “Working with the children it simply makes me happier in what I do, and I really feel extra appreciated.”

And she or he’s good at making children completely happy. As a mother herself, Goines is aware of learn how to make her college students really feel particular. Actually that is precisely how Mackenzie, one other second grader on Goines’ bus described it. 

“It simply feels particular,” mentioned Mackenzie. 

Goines began off by portray monsters and a few Halloween creatures on her personal bus home windows. 

 “I needed them to be excited for college, so I believed about what my children would get pleasure from,” mentioned Goines. “So I simply did it as if all of those different children are my children.”

After seeing her designs and the scholar’s reactions, different drivers began asking her to color their home windows too. 

“I began seeing all the children, or listening to them [say] as they walked by ‘I wish to be on the monster bus, I desire a painted bus and it simply type of spiraled from there” mentioned Goines. 

She’s now painted greater than a dozen buses and counting. She’s acquired requests from lecturers like Alice in Wonderland and Toy Story. 

Pewaukee College District’s Superintendent, Mike Cady, says he is proud to have Goines on their employees.

“We at all times speak about that no matter your function is in faculty you’ll be able to have a constructive impression, and she or he’s an ideal instance of how somebody took their function, took their skills, ardour and creativity and made a constructive impression,” mentioned Cady. 

The colourful home windows could possibly be sticking round all through the college 12 months, Cady says he would love for her to do different vacation themed artwork. Goines says she would like to do a turkey trot theme for Thanksgiving. 

“Each time there is a new bus or one thing new that I do they, [the students], cheer they usually scream they usually say ‘oh we now have the best bus ‘ and the children they stroll by they usually’re judging the buses who’s on the best they’re like ‘oh I am on this bus ‘ or ‘I am on the monster bus’.

Cady says Goines artwork has extra of an impression than she is aware of. 

“I feel doing issues like Felicia did- one thing to look ahead to every day, one thing that is novel and totally different, extra colourful and thrilling, it is actually essential.” mentioned Cady. “As a result of if children come to highschool completely happy and in the suitable mindset there going to study extra and have a greater day.”