School Bus Driver Appreciation Day extended to a week after tough year article Driving buses for Minnesota students can be tough work in a normal year, but thousands of them have adapted during the pandemic to help children in any way they can. CHASKA, Minn. (FOX 9) - School Bus Driver Appreciation is usually a single-day event, but as thousands of drivers went above and beyond the call of duty in the last year, Gov. Tim Walz proclaimed a week of appreciation for them this year. To have drivers like Tammy Diethelm behind the wheel of your child’s school bus is to know they’re in good hands.