FARMINGDALE SCHOOL BUS DRIVER NANCY SAGER NAMED “DRIVER OF THE YEAR”

Dedicated School Bus Driver Has Transported Students in Farmingdale School District for 23 Years.

Farmingdale, NY, June 17, 2014.  The Nassau County Chapter of the New York Association for Pupil Transportation (NYAPT) has named Educational Bus Transportation school bus driver Nancy Sager “2014 Driver of the Year.”  The award, which recognizes Ms. Sager’s exemplary service, safety record, and dedication to the students she transports, was recently presented at a monthly NYAPT Nassau Chapter meeting.

“Each year, we honor professionals like Nancy Sager who are on the front line of providing outstanding school bus transportation service to their community,” stated James Popkin, President, Nassau County NYAPT Chapter.  “It gives me great pleasure to name Nancy ‘Driver of the Year.’  For more than two decades, she has performed her duties with the utmost concern for the safety and welfare of the young people in her charge, and she has done it with a level of caring that is noticed and appreciated by all.”

Individuals are nominated for “Driver of the Year” by school administrators and/or transportation professionals who feel a driver would be deserving of such an award.  Ms. Sager was nominated by Penny DeCicco, Operations Manager for Educational Bus Transportation in Farmingdale.  In her nomination, Ms. DeCicco cited such attributes as “exemplary attendance” and “extremely conscientious.”  She went on to write, “After 23 years of service, Nancy continues to express a genuine concern for all students and always manages to make everyone feel comfortable.  Parents have even called dispatch just to compliment her performance as a safe driver.”

In Farmingdale, where over 6,000 students ride the bus daily, Educational Bus Transportation is the primary school bus provider.  Educational Bus is a member of The Trans Group, one of the New York region’s largest school and transit transportation companies. 

Among the attendees at the annual “Driver of the Year” luncheon was Trans Group President John Corr, Jr., who observed, “There is no greater responsibility than to transport children.  Therefore, it is a true honor when one of our drivers is recognized at an event like this.  Everyone at Educational Bus Transportation and throughout The Trans Group family of companies joins me in congratulating Nancy.  We thank her for being such a dedicated school bus driver and, just as important, for being such an inspiring, caring individual.”

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Nancy Sager (right), a school bus driver with Educational Bus Transportation in the Farmingdale school district, was recently named “Driver of the Year” by the New York Association for Pupil Transportation, Nassau Chapter.  Attending the awards luncheon with Ms, Sager are John Corr, Jr., President of The Trans Group (parent company of Educational Bus Transportation), and Penny DeCicco, Operations Manager for Educational Bus in Farmingdale.