Leon Langley announced that he is stepping down from his role as president of the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services just three months shy of the end of his term, as he plans to retire from the Maryland State Department of Education.
Langley made the announcement today in a letter to NASDPTS members. He has accepted the position of assistant director at Montgomery County Public Schools in Rockville, Maryland, which he will start in August.
NASDPTS bylaws dictate that current president-elect Diana Hollander of the Nevada Department of Education will assume the president title on the same day.
“At this time in my life, it may seem like an unusual choice, but I consider it a wonderful and blessed opportunity to start anew and challenge myself to apply what I have learned from my time as a member of the NASDPTS leadership team, and especially my time as president, to the real world in one of the best pupil transportation operations in our nation,” Langley wrote in a July 12 letter to NASDPTS members that announced his resignation. “I have much to learn from the great team of MCPS pupil transportation professionals.”
Langley joined the Maryland State Department of Education in 2008 as the state director of pupil transportation, assisting 24 local school district transportation directors. Prior to that, he worked for Calvert County Public Schools for more than 31 years.
In his resignation letter, Langley added that NASPDTS remains in good hands with Hollander as well as Executive Director Charlie Hood, who is a former NASDPTS president, and Administrative Services Specialist Cherie Hime.
