November 5, 2012 Dear Parents/Guardians:

The Upper Canada District School Board (UCDSB) wishes to recognize the valuable contribution of bus drivers to the success of our students through the 2012 Upper Canada District School Board Bus Driver of the Year Awards. Honourees will be selected by the public through a Facebook contest run by the UCDSB Communications and Relationship Management Department. Contest rules are now posted as part of an awards contest news release on the Upper Canada District School Board Web site at www.ucdsb.on.ca. Area residents will be asked to post drivers names and pictures for consideration to a special UCDSB Bus Driver of the Year Facebook Page. The Facebook Page is located at http://www.facebook.com/UCDSBBusDriverOfTheYearContest. Nominators are also asked to post their nominees route number, the schools he/she serves and reasons for the nomination. Nominators are specifically asked to provide information on the drivers disposition, work ethic, caring attitude, punctuality and other attributes. The public will then be encouraged to visit the Facebook Page and vote for their selection by liking a nominee based on the information provided. Nominators must visit https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XM2FMKH to fill out a survey to register their nominee for the contest before posting to the Facebook Page. The contest runs from November 5 at 9:00 a.m. to November 30 at noon inclusive. Nominations will not be accepted until the start of the contest. The nominee with the most likes by the end of the contest will be declared the Upper Canada District School Board Bus Driver of the Year. There will also be a bus driver of the year for the St. Lawrence zone, the Capital zone, the Gateway zone and the Rideau zone. Each winner will be presented with a plaque at a special ceremony in Brockville on December 19. Their name will also be placed on a perpetual plaque that will be displayed at the Board head office. For more information, please e-mail Communications Officer Mark Calder at mark.calder@ucdsb.on.ca or Communications Officer Allison Grange at allison.grange@ucdsb.on.ca.