Wednesday, October 19th is School Transportation Appreciation Day in Kansas.
School transportation personnel are responsible for the most precious cargo in Kansas -- our children. They perform outstanding service to the families of Kansas who depend on school transportation while traveling to and from school and school activities, and they realize the responsibility they assume each time they sit in the driver's seat of a school vehicle.
In Kansas, there were 3,866 school bus drivers during the 2021-2022 school year who transported 196,040 students more than 52 million miles to and from school and another 9.8 million miles for activity trips.
School Transportation Appreciation Day falls within National School Bus Safety Week, which is October 17th through October 21st. National School Bus Safety Week takes place the third full week of October each year. It is designated to promote school bus safety.