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It's National School Bus Safety Week! Meet a 2024 Transportation Employee of the Year - Ben MacCracken!

It's National School Bus Safety Week! Meet a 2024 Transportation Employee of the Year - Ben MacCracken!

In honor of National School Bus Safety Week, we're recognizing our 2024 Transportation Employees of the Year, here.  Please join us in thanking them, along with all CCSD transportation employees, for transporting our students safely to and from school, each day! #CCSDElevateTheExcellence #NationalSchoolBusSafetyWeek

Thank you to CCSD River Ridge Innovation Zone Bus Driver and 2024 Transportation Employee of the Year Zone Winner Ben MacCracken!

This is Ben’s 5th year as a CCSD school bus driver.

What do you enjoy most about your role? “Watching the kids grow is fun! I enjoy getting them to and from home and school safely each day.  I am community service driven.  I love seeing the kids ‘get it’ when they have been thru my bus safety course; teaching CPR is so rewarding.  When people come to me and say they learned something they did not know, it’s very rewarding.”  

How does Ben elevate the excellence as a school bus driver? “Ben is very passionate about his job and loves helping his community.  He is a retired firefighter and decided to continue working in his community by becoming a bus driver.  He excels in teaching bus safety at our schools with the students and is certified and trained in CPR and First Aid.  He also teaches CPR and First Aid certification to our drivers, teachers and nurses in our county.   Ben is one in a million, always ready to help cover routes wherever he is needed,” Supervisor Kim Bell said.