Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Leslie Beckman, a Prescott bus driver for the past 15 years, sewed bus bags to keep little ones occupied on her bus route. Here she is pictured with her little riders and the seniors who act as their mentors.
PRESCOTT - A new bus bag program in the Prescott School District is providing homework help to younger students as well as giving older students the chance to be role models.
Sue DeRuwe, the counselor and athletic director for the Prescott School District, said earlier in the school year bus driver Leslie Beckman came up with the idea of making bags for students on the bus.
Beckman, a Prescott alumna, has been driving buses for the school district for 15 years. She said she has 70 kids on her bus route and about 12 kindergarten through third graders on her bus who are tiny in stature and diffi...
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