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We need a national school transportation policy that underscores the critical connection between classroom learning and efficient, reliable and safe student transportation. And, we need stable funding instead of the “let’s make a deal” maneuvers that occur in cash-strapped state legislatures.
Read More →John Parry, a veteran football referee and former corporate jet pilot, will share lessons learned that have fueled his success at the National Association for Pupil Transportation's annual conference in October.
Read More →Lynn Head of Illinois, Debbie Rike of Tennessee and Viki Wassink of Utah earn the association's Special Needs Transportation Training endorsement.
Read More →To shed some light on the personalities that make up the National Association for Pupil Transportation board of directors, the association has launched a series of board member profiles. Here, we hear from Barry Sudduth.
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About 17 nations are represented at Dubai’s first school transportation conference. Speakers and delegates make recommendations in such areas as school transportation safety and security, driver training and road layout around schools. NAPT President Alex Robinson tells SBF that being at the event had a feeling of “what it was probably like to be at an early Warrensburg conference.”
Read More →Darlene Marshall with Fauquier County Public Schools is the latest person to complete the National Association for Pupil Transportation's (NAPT) Special Needs Transportation Training Program. The program has a core curriculum that consists of six special-needs courses, and it is supplemented by two courses of elective instruction from the NAPT Professional Development Series Program.
Read More →Periodically in our national life, safety, security or both are compromised in ways that are profoundly impactful. These are the game-changers that invoke a shared emotional call to “do something.” The tragedy in Newtown, Conn., was such an event. After the passionate debate about school security options, a “new normal” will eventually emerge, because the status quo is no longer acceptable.
Read More →The public expectation of outstanding performance is now carved in stone based on decades of our industry doing just that. So, trying to get reporters interested in still another story about our safety record is challenging to say the least.
Read More →Three officials from school districts in Colorado and one from a school district in Tennessee are the latest to complete the association’s Special Needs Transportation Training Program. The program has a core curriculum that consists of six special-needs courses in a variety of settings, and it is supplemented by two courses of elective instruction from the NAPT Professional Development Series Program.
Read More →Pupil transportation officials from operations in Colorado and South Carolina complete the association’s Special Needs Transportation Training program, which officials say is designed to increase an individual’s specific knowledge about transporting students with disabilities.
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