A man in California has worked in the small city of Ione for three decades as school custodian, teacher — and now elementary school principal. He shared his story with Fox News Digital.
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As a child, Mike Huss was enrolled in Ione Elementary School during the 1972-1973 school year for kindergarten. Huss eventually fell in love — and at age 22, he took the job as overnight janitor at Ione Elementary School to support his wife, Karen, who was hisOn days when he'd work double shifts, Huss said he would cross paths with students who would chat with him while they watched him clean. Others would show off their class projects whenever he'd stop by to clean their classrooms.When he had time, Huss would play basketball or soccer with students during recess or in the hours after school.
He continued,"Looking back, it was a pretty special time because most school janitors are kind of seen and not talked to, or seen and not heard." "We were paying cash [for our educations]," Huss said."We just didn't want to come out with this massive debt because we wanted to be able to eventually profit from our hard work."
"I literally was in the classroom from being a janitor, like the next day," Huss said."They trusted me and hired me.""It was just a really neat experience," he said.
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