Transportation technologies, alt-fuels, and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos were among the timely topics on tap at educational networking event School Bus eXchange, held by NAPT and SBF.
PHOTOS: School Bus Officials Connect at SBX 2017
Special-needs expert Linda Bluth served as a roundtable moderator at SBX. She also gave a keynote speech in which she discussed U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, school choice, and potential impacts on pupil transportation.
Tashitaa Tufaa (left) of Metropolitan Transportation Network in Minnesota makes a point during Bluth’s roundtable discussion. This year’s SBX took place April 3 to 5 in Scottsdale, Arizona.
John Hazelette, a National Association for Pupil Transportation (NAPT) board member, leads a roundtable discussion on school bus driver shortage.
Harry Davis (right) of High Prairie School Division No. 48 in Alberta gives input during a roundtable on alternative fuels, which was moderated by John Gonzales of Clean Cities.
Kevin Kilner (left) of National Express shares his experience with alternative fuels.
Dave McDonald of Rosco Vision Systems leads a roundtable on the use of technologies in school transportation.
Mike Martin of NAPT wraps up the roundtable discussions.
Bob Sutjak (left) of East Stroudsburg Area School District in Pennsylvania talks with Dale Puhrmann and Lee Yarbrough of TRP Bus Parts.
Sonia Mastros (left) and Daisy Oliveras of Orbit Software chat with Joseph Murphy and Hunter Guzman of Safety Vision.
Keith Chrans (left) of Campbell County School District in Wyoming talks with SBF’s James Blue.
SBF’s Thomas McMahon plays a little night music for SBX attendees.
Daniel Higbie of Student Transportation of America serves as scribe for the roundtable on driver shortage.
Attendees discuss maintenance and related issues in a roundtable led by NAPT board member Theresa Anderson.
Erickson Lopez of Trans Tech Bus discusses Type A school buses with an SBX attendee.
Jimmy Lacy (left) of Kanawha County Schools in West Virginia talks with Mark Messer and Fred Roe of Cradlepoint, a provider of cloud-based network solutions.
Daniel Higbie (right) of Student Transportation of America meets with Matt Clapp (left) and Jay Taylor of fire detection/suppression supplier Kidde Technologies.
School bus operators and suppliers mingle during one of the SBX dinner events.
A barbecue feast was served up for SBX attendees.