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Local School Bus Driver Honored With State Award For Saving Child

An Escambia County School District bus driver received statewide recognition at the Florida capitol in Tallahassee Monday for saving a young boy found wandering along in the middle of Kingsfield Road.

Bus driver Daisy Robinson will be honored Monday as Florida Missing Children’s Day School Bus Operator of the Year. She was selected for the honor by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s Missing Endangered Persons Information Clearinghouse Advisory Board.

Click here for an earlier story published Saturday with details on why Robinson received the award for actions she took on the way to Ransom Middle School on October 28, 2013.

Pictured top: Florida First Lady Ann Scott, bus driver Daisy Robinson and FDLE Commissioner  Gerald Bailey Monday morning at the capitol in Tallahassee. Pictured inset  Robinson with Florida Education Commissioner Pam Stewart. Pictured below: Robinson was accompanied to Tallahassee by Escambia County Schools Director of Transporation Rob Doss. Photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.