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Boone County honors veteran transportation employees and highlights student fundraising for MadKicks
Summary
The board recognized a transportation employee as Kentucky education support professional of the year, honored a 53-year transportation career, and accepted $10,000 raised at Kelly Elementary for the MadKicks nonprofit.
Boone County Schools used its meeting to highlight long-serving staff and student philanthropy. The board and superintendent recognized Beverley (Beverly) Daniels of the transportation department as the district’s Education Support Professional of the Year; district officials said she will represent Kentucky at the national ESP Awards in California.
The board also presented Helen Cottengim (spelled Cottingham in several celebratory captions during the meeting) with the Student Transportation Association of Kentucky’s Lifetime Service Award. Cottengim was hired by Boone County Schools as a bus driver on Oct. 13, 1972, and the district said she has 53 years of service. At the meeting she recounted decades of driving, training and advocacy and said she will continue in her role as safety and training coordinator; the district said she has no retirement date planned.
Separately, Kelly Elementary School’s students, staff and families presented a $10,000 donation to MadKicks, a nonprofit that provides shoes free to children with cerebral palsy and other mobility needs. Marlene Tice, founder of MadKicks, described the organization’s model: MadKicks operates “stores” and therapy-site closets where children can choose shoes that accommodate braces and mobility devices. Kelly Elementary students raised about $6,000 through school fundraising and a color run, and the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 4 contributed an additional $4,000 to reach the $10,000 goal, staff said. The district said a plaque noting the school’s contribution will be placed in a MadKicks location supported by the gift.
Board members praised the honorees and the student fundraiser. The recognitions and donation were presented during the meeting’s good-news segment and were acknowledged without formal board votes.
