This treasure of a man is Mr. Harlan with Cascade Student Transportation and he was Emma’s bus driver this year. He greeted Emma every morning with a smile and quickly learned everything she needed to make her safe on the bus. When the sun changed angles in the sky and shown in her face, he put some cardboard in the window to block it. When she’d lose a pacifier on the bus he’d drop it by our house on his way home. At Christmas, he stopped by with a Minnie Mouse doll because he knew Emma liked wearing Minnie Mouse shirts. Today, he met her at school with a bag of her favorite snacks and a sheet of stickers.
Everyday he drives special needs and preschool students and he treats them all with so much love. He gets to know each student and makes sure they have what they need to feel comfortable on his bus. He is a tremendous human being and we are lucky to have him as a member of the West Ada School District family.
credit: Megan Case
