Here’s a look at the National Association for Pupil Transportation (NAPT) Summit in Kansas City, Missouri, including a shooter response event, the trade show and notable speakers, such as former fighter pilot Capt. Scott O’Grady.
PHOTOS: NAPT 2014 Summit highlights
Tre’ Watts, the student who made the 911 call when Alabama school bus driver Charles Poland was shot by an intruder, spoke to attendees after receiving the NAPT Heroism Award.
While walking around Kansas City, it’s easy to get distracted by the striking architecture.
Florida school transportation veteran Jim Beekman was named SBF’s Administrator of the Year.
Michael Benedict Jr. checks out a gift that he picked up at one of the trade show booths. Earlier in the conference, Benedict presented a school bus safety training video that he created.
Bill Arrington of the Transportation Security Administration discussed school bus security during NAPT’s Federal Issues Forum.
During a session to mark Veteran’s Day, NAPT members who have served in the military discussed how that experience influenced their pupil transportation careers. From left are Joe Seyfarth, Peter Lawrence and Steve Simmons. The portrait is of Brandon Billingsley, who had planned to participate in the panel but died unexpectedly in October.
Capt. Scott O’Grady, a former fighter pilot who was shot down over Bosnia in 1995 and survived in hostile territory for six days before he was rescued, shares his gripping story with NAPT attendees.
SWAT team members sweep a school bus after the live-action event that simulated a response to an active shooter.
Another photo of the live-action event that simulated a response to an active shooter.
Dr. Cal LeMon spoke to a packed room about leadership and listening skills. He followed that session with a talk on verbal defense skills.
Legal expert Peggy Burns updated NAPT attendees on the topic of least restrictive environment. She also spoke at the NASDPTS conference.
An impressive balloon sculpture of a school bus greeted NAPT attendees near the registration booth.
At the NAPT trade show, more than 130 vendors displayed their school buses, equipment and services.
Steve and Gail Cage of Independence, Missouri, showed off their vintage school bus. It’s a 1955 Wayne body on a Chevy chassis that seats nine passengers. Steve has been in school bus transportation since 1978.
Seon’s Lori Jetha and mascot display one of the winners of the company’s anti-bullying coloring contest.