Updated: 1:16 PM EDT Jun 11, 2021 By WTAE Every day, bus drivers strive to take kids to and from school safely. One such driver has been doing that in Pittsburgh s North Allegheny School District for 25 years. On Thursday, his students and their parents wanted to say thank you with a special surprise. Watch the full story in the video player above. Tom Herbert has been providing smiles to many families for over 25 years.He was celebrated on Thursday for serving as a cheerful fan. He gives me a fist bump every day. He s the nicest bus driver ever. Even during COVID he found a way to make us smile, one student said. Students said he is also always there to provide a listening ear. I like that if you have a problem, he ll always be there to help you with it, one student said. And he also serves as a good friend to thousands of students in the district. He s so kind and I never want any other bus driver than him, one student said. Herbert was completely surprised
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Carson Middle School eighth-graders Madison Emekter (from left), Yuki Gian, Sadie Kim and Megumi Kawabe take part in an exercise to learn about digestion.
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Carson Middle School eighth-grader Owen Grbach looks on as Dr. Kristen Lin points to an area on a diagram of the human body.
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Carson Middle School eighth-grader Charlie Palmer decides where to place a heart sticker on a human body diagram.
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Gifted middle school students in the North Allegheny School District were able to get a hands-on demonstration of the work that physicians do during an event dubbed the Little Medical School.
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The North Allegheny School District is teaming up with UPMC to offer a covid-19 vaccination clinic at the high school on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 for staff, families and students 12 and up.
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North Allegheny School District staff, families and students 16 and older have until noon Saturday to sign up for a covid-19 vaccination at the high school early next week.
The district is partnering with UPMC to host the voluntary vaccination clinic in the cafeteria of the senior high school starting at 3 p.m. on Tuesday
Updated: 10:54 AM EDT May 5, 2021 A North Allegheny teacher is on administrative leave following allegations of physical abuse against a kindergarten student. This all started when the mother of a student who is non-verbal and has Down syndrome, received a call from the principal at Hosack Elementary School. She said the principal later showed her a video of what happened in an adaptive gym class. Nicole Glancy said she saw the video from the school that shows a gym teacher trying to force her daughter onto a scooter. “She doesn’t want to go on the scooter. He’s still holding her hand. He proceeds to pull her while she is sitting on the floor. I would say a foot to 2 feet he drags her,” Glancy said. “It was devastating to watch. You don’t want to see your child struggling especially with a teacher who you’re supposed to trust. It’s absolutely disgusting to me.”The acting superintendent of the North Allegheny School District released a statement Tuesday af