Last month, NAPT held voting for the 2012 School Bus Safety Poster Contest during the Summit Trade Show in Memphis, Tenn., As previously reported, voters ultimately selected the poster designed by Cesar Davila, an eighth grader at Manzano Middle School in Brownsville, Texas.

When a school bus driver faces a crisis situation, taking a few extra seconds to make sure the right help is on the way to the correct location can be critical.

This week has been a busy one in the student transportation industry. First off, it was School Bus Safety Week, an important event to remind the industry as well as parents and the public about how safe school bus transportation is compared to all other modes of transportation. Secondly, there were the two major events: the annual NASDPTS and NAPT conferences, in which both top state school bus officials, transportation directors and other transportation personnel talked shop, exchanged ideas, networked and learned about issues or initiatives coming down the pike.