STN ONLINE
TSD LEARNING LESSONS, AND AFTER-
HOURS PHOTOS For those attending the Transporting Students with Disabilities and Pre- schoolers National Conference, we’d love to hear from you about your expe- rience. Beginning March 6, attendees can visit
www.tsdconference.com and take a Workshop Evaluation Survey. Your feedback will help us produce an even better conference next year that tackles the most pressing issues facing transportation for students with special needs, preschoolers and Head Start. Also, head over to our Facebook page at
www.facebook.com/STNMag,
where we will have an album with TSD Conference after-hours photos show- ing some of the sights and sounds Nashville has to offer.
GRANDOLFO AWARD NOMINA- TIONS, PLAY2WIN SET TO BEGIN As we approach this year’s STN EXPO,
held July 26-30 at the Grand Sierra Resort Hotel in Reno, Nev., we are now accepting nominations for the 8th annual Peter J. Grandolfo Memorial Award of Excellence, sponsored by Q’Straint/Sure-Lok. Gran- dolfo, the former transportation director at Chicago Public Schools, was a long-time champion of the yellow school bus and
the safe transportation to and from school for all students, especially those with special needs. He passed away suddenly in January 2006, but his legacy will never be forgotten. Te recipient will embody the characteristics of Grandolfo as a "Renaissance" thinker who always puts the students first. Te deadline for submissions is June 20. Visit
www.stnexpo. com for criteria details and to submit a nomination — as well as registration information, if you haven’t already registered to attend this year’s show. Meanwhile, next month we kick off our annual Play2Win
trivia game, which consists of multiple-choice questions about the school bus industry. A new question is posted every weekday. Te more questions answered correctly, the higher the chances are for players to win an all-expenses-paid trip to the STN EXPO, which includeas full conference registration and $100 in spending cash. Te game launches April 1. To enter, visit
www.stnexpo.com/play2win.
14 School Transportation News March 2014
WEB EXCLUSIVES: FEMALES IN MAINTENANCE; TAKING CONTROL OF YOUR ENGINE BLOCK HEATER
Unlike the ladies we meet on page 48,
Aneliese Hessekiel is not a mechanic. But for the past 30 years she has kept main- tenance operations running smoothly at Los Angeles Unified School District’s Sun Valley garage. Meet the district’s auto shopkeeper in charge of parts purchasing and inventory in our Web Exclusives section. Also learn more about the female mechanics we feature this month and see them in action maintaining their yellow buses. Meanwhile, using an electric block heater to warm up a bus en-
Aneliese Hessekiel
gine prior to driving not only helps the vehicle start more easily but also reduces wear on the engine, improves fuel economy and helps air quality, according to
energyexperts.org. New technology like the SmarTemp Control fx Timer by Webas-
to Termo & Comfort North America and the programmable logic controller (PLC) by WAGO Corp., makes daily engine pre-heat for fleets easy as well as cost-efficient. Using the PLCs and Web-based management system enabled one Colorado school district to cut their engine block heating costs by more than 70 percent. Learn more about programmable electronic timers and the ladies of school bus garages at
stnonline.com/home/web-exclusive.
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