At San Antonio ISD, an interactive, engaging safety training for the transportation staff has the whole department in high spirits and ready to take on the new school year. 

Tiffany Boykin is the new executive director of the National School Transportation Association, as the school bus contractor group also welcomes new President Blake Krapf and a new director of regulatory affairs.

Aviation expert Robert Sumwalt assumes full leadership of the National Transportation Safety Board after the Senate confirmed his selection to officially succeed Christopher Hart.

 RENO, Nev. — Howard Putnam, former CEO of Southwest and Braniff Airlines, discussed how student transporters can cultivate righteous attitudes for excellent customer service during a keynote at STN EXPO.

Earlier this year, we called for nominations of outstanding fleet management professionals as candidates for profiles in the August issue of School Transportation News magazine. Sixty-five total entries were received from school districts, private bus companies, vehicle dealers and vendors. Space in the magazine permitted only 10 of these individuals to be featured in this second-annual installment. However, we have here reproduced the list of all 65 nominees in the order they were received so they may be recognized and appreciated.

The National Association for School Transportation announced that Kyle Martin, owner of school transportation consulting firm TransPar Group and a former president of Mayflower Contract Services, is the latest member of the Hall of Fame.

Alexandra Robinson, executive director of the Office of Pupil Transportation at the New York City Department of Education, took home the 11th Annual Peter J. Grandolfo Memorial Award of Excellence last week from the STN EXPO.

It has been six months since Derek Graham retired as transportation chief from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, and the awards keep coming.