Bend-La Pine schools transportation team brings home hardware for driving excellence

BEND, Ore. --(KTVZ)-- They're the first to greet students in the morning and the last to see them home safely. Now some of the Bend-La Pine School's bus drivers are being recognized for their excellence behind the wheel in this year's state school bus safety exercises.

Bend-Lapine School's transportation department brought home 10 awards. That's up from 7 awards last year. You can see the team holding up their trophies with some big smiles on their faces. Drivers showed off their skills by expertly navigating a tough course and going head to head with other districts bus drivers. We appreciate all you do for our students and big congrats.