Inside a parked school bus in the bus barn, Gus, the head mechanic, kneels in the aisle at the third row, reaching under the seat with a satisfied grin, retrieving a single runaway juice box. Warm afternoon light slants through the windows. Warm ToyStory photorealism; golden-hour small-town Americana; a gently comic workplace mood. This is a fictional scene from the Cedar Valley School District bus barn. No real driver, student, family, school, stop, route, or district is depicted.