PORT ANGELES — A 27-year employee of the Port Angeles School District who has been serving as interim transportation supervisor has been selected to fill the job permanently.
Superintendent Jane Pryne announced this week that Karen Ross, who has served as interim supervisor since December, will be the permanent transportation supervisor, pending school board approval.
The board will consider action Monday, June 27, when it meets at 6 p.m. at the Central Services Building, 216 E. Fourth St.
Ross went to work for the district as a bus driver and since 1988 has been a driver trainer.
She completed the state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction’s transportation management program in 2003.
Ross received an associate of arts degree from Peninsula College after graduating in 1978 from Port Angeles High School.
She began her driving career after high school, driving log trucks for Richard Hopkins, her father, and Hopkins Logging.
