The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Department of Transportation was named the district’s employee of the month last week.

The district’s transportation department was recently recognized as the best in the state when compared against 114 other districts in North Carolina. The department has the shortest bus routes in the state, with an average ride time of 14 minutes.

Mary Lin Truelove, director of transportation, and Lisa Edwards, head of the bus driver professional learning community, accepted the award on behalf of the department.