Riding the bus with ‘Bopa’

September 11, 2019 1:30 am
Photo courtesy Maki family John Maki has been an Aberdeen School District bus driver for 32 years. His granddaughter, Pearl Robarge, just started kindergarten at McDermoth Elementary and is riding her “Bopa’s” bus to school. “Bopa has waited for this day since she was born,” said his daughter, Tiffany Maki. “She is at the same bus stop that I and her mother (my sister), Heather, used when we were in school. Pearl (named after her great-great-grandmother) was super excited to go to school with Bopa!”
Photo courtesy Maki family John Maki has been an Aberdeen School District bus driver for 32 years. His granddaughter, Pearl Robarge, just started kindergarten at McDermoth Elementary and is riding her “Bopa’s” bus to school. “Bopa has waited for this day since she was born,” said his daughter, Tiffany Maki. “She is at the same bus stop that I and her mother (my sister), Heather, used when we were in school. Pearl (named after her great-great-grandmother) was super excited to go to school with Bopa!”

Photo courtesy Maki family

John Maki has been an Aberdeen School District bus driver for 32 years. His granddaughter, Pearl Robarge, just started kindergarten at McDermoth Elementary and is riding her “Bopa’s” bus to school. “Bopa has waited for this day since she was born,” said his daughter, Tiffany Maki. “She is at the same bus stop that I and her mother (my sister), Heather, used when we were in school. Pearl (named after her great-great-grandmother) was super excited to go to school with Bopa!”