Special Services Director receives award

Brent Bacon, Director of Special Services within Laramie County School District 2 was named the Wyoming Special Education Administrator of the Year on Thursday.

"I'm humbled," he said. "Very humbled. I'm very proud to be able to share this with our district."

Bacon has been a district administrator for almost 11 years. Before that, he was a special education teacher for 18 years.

"I love it," he said of his work. "It's great."

Last year, Bacon was named the president of the Wyoming Association of Special Education Administrators. He worked on the Wyoming Advisory Panel for Students with Disabi...