For generations of children in Christian County, the school day didn’t begin with a bell.
It began with the sound of bus doors folding open, the climb up a few familiar steps, and the sight of Jane Davis in the driver’s seat — steady, smiling, and ready to greet each child by name or with a kind word.
“We’re the first person they see of the morning and usually the last one at night,” Davis said. “And they told us when we trained years ago to smile and be nice to them, because you’re going to make a memory.”…