Bulletin photo by Jessi Dodgebr/br/Brinley Howe, 5, leans her head against the seat as she waits to be dropped off at Meadowlark for the day on Friday morning, Feb. 18, 2022 north of Buffalo. Brinley packs up her Teddy Bear in her backpack as the first kids are dropped off so that she doesn’t forget it on the bus.