Special Needs Team Safety Roadeo Winners
GEORGIA TEAM TAKES FIRST AT NATIONAL SPECIAL NEEDS TEAM SAFETY ROADEO
Rhonda Fiddler and Susan Nulph literally jumped for joy when they
heard they took first place at the 17th annual National Special Needs Team Safety Roadeo, held March 1. The school bus driver and monitor duo from Cherokee County School
District in Canton, Ga., were elated at the evening banquet held at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center. The team scored a total of 833 points out of a possible 1,002 points. This was their second consecutive year competing together. They took
First-place winners Rhonda Fiddler and Susan Nulph of Cherokee County School District in Canton, Ga.
second place in this event last year during the TSD Conference and Trade Show in Frisco, Texas, where the event will be held once again in 2015. Scoring just two points below Fiddler and Nulph, for a total of 831 points, were second-place winners Carolyn Wilhelm and Linda Kalmbach of Puyallup (Wash.) School District. And Holly Stouder and Russell Hold- wick L’anse of Creuse Public School District in Clinton Township, Mich., took third place with a total of 815 points. The National Special Needs Roadeo tests the skills of school bus driv- ers and monitors/assistants while they conduct trained procedures such as pre-check; loading and unloading an occupied wheelchair; securing students in wheelchairs and safety vests; perform during an emergency; and manage challenging student behavior. Before attending the competi- tion, contestants complete an open-book test.
OTHER PARTICIPANTS IN THIS YEAR'S ROADEO:
• Kathleen Teeters and Debbie Merchant of Falcon (Colo.) School District 49
• Peggy Peak and Stephanie Haynesworth of Richland School District Two, Columbia, S.C.
Second-place winners Carolyn Wilhelm and Linda Kalmbach of Puyallup (Wash.) School District.
• Julie Osborne and Katie Fergu- son of Metro Nashville (Tenn.) Public Schools
• Sue Ciskowski and Cindy Winkler of Parkway School District, Ballwin, Mo.
• Valerie McKinley and Sharon Brown of Van Buren ISD, Lawrence, Mich.
• Phillip Cervantes and Blanca Sanchez of First Student, Fresno, Calif.
• Michael Kelly and Linda Thomp- son of Greece Central School, Rochester, N.Y.
• Judy Mielnicki and Alexis Metde- penningen of L'anse Creuse P.S., Clinton Township, Mich.
• Mary Richhart and Tim Jupp of Portland (Ore.) Public Schools
Third-place winners Holly Stouder and Russell Holdwick L’anse (far right) of Creuse Public School District in Clinton Township, Mich.
• Denise Geiser and Jacob Stanton, Georgia Association for Pupil
Transportation representatives, McDonough, Ga.
• Melissa Shunney and Timothy Shunney, School Transportation Association of Indiana represen- tatives, Greenfield, Ind.
• Lisa Loring and Bonnie Brown of Greater Albany (Ore.) Public School District
• Robelyn Watson and Cynthia Wright of San Diego (Calif.) Unified School District
• Martha Medina and Besi Tapia of Denver (Colo.) Public Schools
• Brian Pelletier and Fred Patter- son of Caribou (Maine) School Department
• Steven Nguyen and Jackie Lee, Texas Association for Pupil Transportation representatives, Austin, Texas
• Bobby Minjarez and Edith Fair- child, Texas Association for Pupil Transportation representatives, Kyle, Texas
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