School District Treats Bus Drivers, Attendants To Breakfast

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The Cherokee County School District Transportation Department on Wednesday presented National Bus Driver Appreciation Week breakfasts for bus drivers and attendants.

The District’s 425 bus drivers and attendants were treated to breakfast provided by Credit Union of Georgia, a school district partner, at the bus shops in Holly Springs and Woodstock.

Every driver and attendant who attended also received a gift bag, with gifts provided by district partners, including the Chick-fil-A restaurants of Canton, Cobb EMC and Waffle House.

In addition to the event, many schools and PTAs planned special activities this week to thank bus drivers and attendants for all that they do.

Bus drivers, with the assistance of attendants, every day transport approximately 70 percent of the district’s student population --25,000 students each morning and 28,000 students each afternoon. Cherokee school buses will travel more than 4.5 million miles, or about 1,450 bus routes daily, this school year.

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Photo 1: From left to right, bus driver Nelma Pendley, Route Supervisor Eric Garland and bus drivers Janice Goldwire and Christy Chester.
Photo 2: Bus driver Ken Anderson and Supervisor of Training Cecilia Norman enjoy the appreciation event at the bus shop in Holly Springs.
Photo 3: Jim Georges, center, coordinator of routing and operations, thanks Jason Blakey and Rebecca Cooper of Credit Union of Georgia for their sponsorship.
Photo credits: Cherokee County School District