SNOHOMISH — It’s 8:15 a.m., and the Grandpa Buzz squad is on the move.

Amid the morning bustle, 88-year-old Buzz Upton strides along with kids and parents headed to Cascade View Elementary. It’s pajama day at school, but Upton — wearing a crisp plaid shirt, “Buzz” baseball jacket, USS Coral Sea Navy cap and cowboy boots — has been up and dressed for hours. Even after a night of dancing, he walks with the energy of someone half his age.

On weekdays, Upton drives 40 minutes from his home in Stanwood to walk his 10-year-old great-granddaughter, Teagan, to school. The daily walk started in 2019 with her older sister Stella, 12.

“Everybody wants a Grandpa Buzz,” said Shannon Richards, his granddaughter and the girls’ mom.

Around Cascade View, nearly everyone knows him. Some kids wait along

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