Lassoing a Title Genesee Intermediate School
District in Flint, Mich., holds the dis- tinction of fielding the nation’s best team of special needs transporters as school bus drivers Andrea Gerth and Jamie Magness took home the top honors at the 14th Annual National Special Needs Team Roadeo held in Kansas City, Mo., on March 12. Gerth, a full-time driver for the
Top row, from left: Andrea Gerth, 2011 champion from Genesee ISD in Flint, Mich.; second-place finisher Clayton Terry, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD in Texas; George Sheely, third- pace finisher from Hayes ISD in Texas. Bottom row, from left: Jamie Magness, of Genesee ISD; Shelly Johnson, Cy-Fair ISD; and Edith Fairchild, Hayes ISD.
past several years, played the bus monitor while her partner was the driver. Magness drives part time for Genesee ISD because her day job is that of a para educator at the Marion D. Crouse Instructional Cen- ter in Flushing, Mich. Te ladies are three-time defending special needs roadeo champs in Michigan but nev- er finished higher than fourth on the
national stage. Tey tallied 895 out of a total 932 points. Te second-place team was comprised of Clayton Terry and Shelly
Johnson of Cypress-Fairbanks ISD in Houston. Tey finished second with 868 total points, seven points ahead of driver George Sheely and aide Edith Fairchild from Hayes ISD in Kyle, Texas.
Carry On Rumors emanating from the National School Trans-
portation Association Midwinter meeting in Curacao this winter proved true by spring as Carrier Transicold announced it was selling its North America bus air- conditioning business to Mobile Climate Control. Jon Shaw, a spokesman for Carrier, said in mid Janu-
ary that it was business as usual at the company, which was acquired by United Technologies Company in 1979 nearly 80 years after being founded by Willis Car- rier. But on March 20, Shaw confirmed that Carrier is headed to MCC, a leader in global, high-technology heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration solutionsz. Te terms were undisclosed at this writing. Geraud Darnis, president of Carrier, did say that
the transaction was a continuation of Carrier’s core growth strategy. “We’re pleased that this combination with a lead-
ing supplier to the commercial vehicle industry will enhance the growth potential of this North American bus air-conditioning business,” he added. Carrier’s air-conditioning business accounted for
$60 million in sales last year and employed 50 work- ers at its Athens, Ga., plant. Carrier’s Shaw said MCC will likely move the bus air-conditioning operations to a facility in Goshen, Ind., or in Toronto.
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