Cheney school names 'Employee of Year'

CHENEY – Charlie Pyke was named School District Employee of the Year on March 16.

He came to the School District two years ago in 2019 as a substitute bus driver, and is now a painter for the district.

However, due to COVID-19, Pyke answered a call to action that allowed him to flourish in a variety of different rolls.

"In this short amount of time, I've done lots of different things for the school district and it's been fun to try out different things and do lots of different things during this labor shortage," Pyke said.

Pyke has spent time driving school buses, providing general maintenance...