SHOW the REPORTER PUBLISHED BY YOUR SOURCE FOR NAPT AND NASDPTS CONFERENCE NEWS! OCT 18–24, 2013 WHAT’S INSIDE


COVER STORY ON THE 2013 NASDPTS ANNUAL CONFERENCE & NAPT SUMMIT


10-11 Winners Shine Bright During NAPT Annual Awards Ceremony


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Find It Here First: The NAPT Summit Trade Show Map


14-15 Featured Vendor Products at the NAPT Trade Show


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Q&A with Incoming NAPT President Don Carnahan


20 Grand Rapids Revisited


THE INDUSTRY RETURNS TO MICHIGAN TO ADDRESS ISSUE, TOPICS RANGING FROM RECENT SCHOOL BUS ACCIDENTS TO MANAGING OPERATIONS MORE EFFICIENTLY


WRITTEN BY SYLVIA ARROYO AND RYAN GRAY


transporters from across the country to network, learn about management and training practices and catch up on the latest on federal and state reg- ulations applicable to school buses and school bus drivers. Interestingly, both conferences began by looking at tragic school bus-related incidents.


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he annual NASDPTS Conference and NAPT Summit returned to the DeVos Place Convention Center in Grand Rapids, Mich., to unite student


EXAMINING RECENT SCHOOL BUS INCIDENTS


NASDPTS kicked off its conference Friday examining some recent major events in student transportation and their learning lessons, as well as how marijuana legalization in Washington state could impact school bus drivers, among other topics. Te keynote presentation took attendees back to the Jan. 29 fatal shooting of Alabama school


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The Grand River, the state’s largest inland river, offered students transporters a grand view at this year’s NASDPTS Annual Conference and NAPT Annual Summit.


Inside the NASDPTS Supplier Council


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Meet Grand Rapids Public Schools: A Case Study in Cost Savings


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