The Bonner County Daily Bee is reporting that two bus drivers, Pam Rogers and MaryAnn Kraemerare, were honored with awards for excellence by the Idaho Association for Pupil Transportation.
The association named Rogers the 2016 Special Needs Driver of the Year and Kraemer the 2016 Special Needs Aide of the Year for Idaho.
Rogers has worked for the school district for the past 29 years. For 17 of those, she has driven special needs students to and from school, according to James Koehler, LPOSD transportation director.
She averages approximately 1,500 route miles per month, and her passenger manifest typically includes 10 students with special needs and 10 life skills students.
MaryAnn Kraemer has served as a special needs aide with LPOSD since 2011. During the past five years, she has completed professional development training in First Aid/CPR, non-violent intervention, sign language, autism spectrum and wheel chair restraint.
She is a daily attendant on special needs buses, working with a range of bus drivers and special needs passengers.
