SBF 70 years logo
MenuMENU
SearchSEARCH
Enter keywords to search across all content
Newsby StaffDecember 6, 2011

NAPT offers free shipping with calendar purchase

The deal applies to the $10 purchase of the association’s 13-month National School Bus Safety Week (NSBSW) wall calendar. The calendar, which includes state and national conference dates, features award-winning student artwork that was created for NAPT’s NSBSW poster contest.

Read More →
Newsby StaffDecember 5, 2011

Transportation officials complete NAPT special-needs training program

Barry R. Sudduth in Virginia, Joy E. Winnie in Massachusetts, David Weissman in South Carolina and Karen Holstein in Texas are the 14th through 17th people, respectively, to complete the association’s Special Needs Transportation Training Program. The program has a core curriculum of six special-needs courses in a variety of settings.

Read More →
Newsby StaffDecember 2, 2011

Ohio pupil transporter completes NAPT special-needs training

Dona Marie Beauchea of FirstGroup America in Cincinnati is the 13th person in the nation to complete the association’s Special Needs Transportation Training Program. The program has a core curriculum of six special-needs courses in a variety of different settings, and it is supplemented by two courses from the NAPT Professional Development Series Program.

Read More →
Ad Loading...
Newsby StaffDecember 1, 2011

Peter Lawrence completes Professional Development Series

The director of transportation from Fairport (N.Y.) Central School District is the first to finish all of the National Association for Pupil Transportation's PDS courses, which cover a wide range of pupil transportation topics. Lawrence discusses the benefits of the program in an interview with SBF.

Read More →
ArticlesNovember 15, 2011

2011 school bus regulatory highlights

August and September were busy months for federal agencies influencing school buses. Here's a wrap-up of major actions announced or in the works.

Read More →
Newsby StaffNovember 15, 2011

Md. district receives Bluth-Eisman field trip scholarship

National Association for Pupil Transportation Past-President Dr. Linda F. Bluth and her partner, Betsy Eisman, endow their 2011 field trip grant to Harford County Public Schools. The field trip grant covers the cost of transportation, entry fees, supplies and/or classroom resource materials.

Read More →
Ad Loading...
Newsby StaffNovember 7, 2011

12th person completes NAPT special-needs training

Tami Lynn Cooper is an employee of Student Transportation of America in Goleta, Calif. The NAPT Special Needs Training Program consists of six special-needs courses in a variety of different settings, including a school bus roadeo and a trade show, and it is supplemented by two courses from the NAPT Professional Development Series Program.

Read More →
Newsby StaffNovember 3, 2011

New NAPT board members elected

Don Carnahan of Zonar Systems is president-elect and Barry Sudduth of Stafford County Public Schools in Virginia is elected Region 2 director. Ken Mulder of Special School District of St. Louis County in Missouri is elected Region 4 director and Dave McDonald of Rosco Vision Systems is affiliate member director. Also during the Summit, winners were chosen for the NAPT poster contest.

Read More →
Newsby StaffOctober 27, 2011

NAPT trade show features many new products

Among the new products from the nearly 130 exhibitors is a quasi-static three-point activity seat from Freedman Seating Co., a camera system from Fortress Mobile that captures stop-arm violators and a condenser from American Cooling Technology. Thomas Built Buses displays its redesigned Type D unit, the Saf-T-Liner EFX, while Blue Bird displays its Next Generation Propane-Powered Vision school bus.

Read More →
Ad Loading...
Newsby StaffOctober 24, 2011

Pupil transporters honored for service, safety excellence

School bus driver John Fothergill and Peter Lawrence of Fairport (N.Y.) Central School District were among the honorees at Sunday's NAPT awards banquet. During Monday's celebratory breakfast, this year's "America's Best" school bus technician and inspector were among the individuals recognized for their achievements.

Read More →