Announcements/News from Members
This section is for members announcement such as retiring, new position, promotion, award or recognition, ect. Send your news to Jaime Gallego and it will be added to this section.
Samatha Ybarra, granddaughter of Mike Cano, and winner of the 2011 Billingsley Memorial Scholarship, has been reclassified as a sophomore. Samatha entered
A & M University in September of this year as a freshman and with the first semester nearing completion, Samatha has been reclassified as a sophomore.
Mike Cano, Transportation Director at Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD is one proud Grandpa and rightly so!!
Ernest J. Del Bosque has relocated to Garland ISD as Asst. Director of Transportation. He moved from Beeville ISD. His new contact information is below. We wish Ernest the best of luck on his new position.
Ernest J. Del Bosque
Asst. Director of Transportation
Garland ISD
972-494-8530
Carl Cator,
I will attempt to contact you via the phone shortly, however, I wanted to let you know that the IC Bus Awards Committee has reviewed the applications for the NAPT Driver Training & Safety Award and has chosen Allen ISD as the winner!
From your thorough application, we can tell that Allen ISD values training and security for your passengers, team members, and general public. Your teams’ efforts to provide the safest form of transportation truly deserve to be recognized, and we are proud to do so
I believe NAPT plans to have us present this award on Monday morning. Will yourself or Eileen be at the Summit this year?
I may need some additional information; I will contact you should I need anything.
Congratulations again!
Regards,
Keith Kladder
Manager, School Bus Marketing
IC Bus
TAPT Press Release "National School Bus Safety Week"
Josh Rice has accepted the position as Director of Transportation for New Caney ISD; a growing district with 10,000+ students. Josh will lead New Caney ISD with over 10 years of transportation experience. He leaves Thomas Bus Gulf Coast as the East Texas Account Manager after over 2 1/2 years of service. Prior to that he was Director of Transportation for Channelview ISD, and Operations Manager for Nacogdoches ISD. Josh also teaches "Train-the-Trainer" for TEEX. He looks forward to working with the Gulf Coast TAPT chapter, and becoming an active member again with TAPT.
Hydrotex® is pleased to announce that John Roch has joined the Dallas, TX Corporate team as the Director of Sales in Pupil Transportation. Mr. Roch comes to Hydrotex with over 28 years of experience in the Pupil Transportation Industry, including Director of Transportation for four different school districts in Texas. His background also includes shop foreman and mechanic for school buses. Dwight Gleaves, Hydrotex VP Pupil Transportation, states, “We are very pleased that John has joined the Hydrotex Family. His experience in the transportation industry brings specific application knowledge and solutions for our Pupil Transportation partners.”
Good Morning from Kansas City, Missouri!
I am excited to announce that Texas placed 2nd and 3rd in the Special Needs Team Roadeo.
Clayton Terry and Shelly Johnson from Cy-Fair ISD placed 2nd. George Sheely and Edith Fairchild from Hays Consolidated ISD placed 3rd!
The first place team is from Michigan.
There were 20 teams competing and we had a great time! You can see pics by going to Facebook and "Liking" the Edupro Group Page. There will also be other conference pics posted daily.
Congratulations! Cy-Fair and Hays CISD.
Marisa and Brian
Three Members Complete New NAPT Special Needs Program
Three school transportation professionals have become the first in the nation to fullfill the the National Association for Pupil Transportation (NAPT) Special Needs Training Program.
Marisa Weisinger of Innovative Transportation Solutions/R4 in Houston, Renee Davis of Spring ISD and Nancy Kessler of Katy ISD recently completed the program.
The NAPT Special Needs Training has a core curriculum of 24 hours of education in a variety of settings, including a school bus roadeo and a trade show of school transportation products and services. The core curriculum is supplemented by eight hours of elective instructions from the NAPT Professional Development Series.
The courses are available in a variety of locations throughout the year. Thirty people participated in the program at the NAPT Summit in Portland, Ore.
Weisinger told SBF that the program "affords the opportunity for coordinators and supervisors to enhance their knowledge and skills and to netowrk with other district personnel who perform the same tasks they do on a daily basis.
Kessler noted that "special needs is ever changing. Each child has an individual need, and we need al the training we can get to stay on top of what is happening.
Jerry Belt was the Area 1 Director in the late 90's. He was the second person to serve in that capacity
after the position became part of TAPT. He was the transportation director for Seminole ISD
for a number of years and a tireless worker in the state and regional roadeos. Our condolences to the Belt family as we just learned Jerry passed away a few weeks ago.
Trace Heider (Parts Manager for Longhorn Bus Sales) and Tammy Cross (Humble ISD Router) are getting married this summer at Moody Gardens. June 25 @ 1:00 in the Moody 1 Room!
They are very excited!! They met at TAPT in Waco and it seemed to make sense that they get married at TAPT in Galveston!!
Congratulations to Trace & Tammy
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