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NAPT President Dr. Linda Bluth and STN Editor Emeritus Bill Paul with his 2011 NAPT Hall of Fame plaque.
2011 STN Leadership Award winner Pete Meslin, transportation director of Newport-Mesa Unified School District in Southern California (right) with STN Publisher Tony Corpin.
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Carl Cater (leſt), transportation director at Allen (Texas) ISD accepts the IC Bus Driver Training Award from John Tompson, IC’s director of of training.
Peter Lawrence, transportation director at Fairport (N.Y.) CSD, received the NAPT Distinguished Service Award presented by NAPT’s Mike Martin.
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School Bus Fleet Publisher Frank DiGiacomo presents Mike Connors, transportation director at Brevard (Fla.) County Public Schools, with the Administrator of the Year award.
John Fothergill, a driver for Southeast Polk Community School District in Iowa, won the Blue Bird Heroism Award for safely evacuating students before a fire erupted on the school bus earlier this year.
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Owning It
2011 STN Leadership Award winner Pete Meslin is a master at motivation
Transportation directors, supervisors weigh in on challenges
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