North Mason schools upgrade bus fleet

North Mason School District Transportation Director Maurine Simons shared with the school board May 19 details about the return of the “Fill the Bus” event, scheduled to take place Aug. 20 at the QFC parking lot in Belfair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

“QFC does a great job of putting together packages that have the school supplies all together, right near the front,” Simons said. “The bus drivers will be out there. It’s all volunteer time.”

She added, “We’ll have our little ‘Buster Bus’ out there for the kids, and we’re coming up with some fun ideas to engage with those kids.”

Simons said the distric...