School Transportation News Magazine | November 2009


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America’s Best Crowns Its 2009 Inspector, Technician Winners


title and Nikolas Warejcka of Douglas County Schools in Parker, Colo., win- ning in the inspector category. “Our


superintendent was really


thrilled, as well as all the teachers and the staff,” said Smith, who has worked at the district for the past 19 years and wears multiple hats in his position of as- sistant bus coordinator, including, as he calls it, “the last resort sub bus driver.” Smith recently wore a much differ-


A group shot of the competition players and sponsors. Te top winners at this year’s America’s Best competition trav-


eled all the way from Ohio and Colorado to take home the trophies for Best Inspector and Best Technician. Te competition, held this year at the Michelin North America plant in Greenville, S.C., award- ed first-time winners in both categories, with David Smith of Swan- ton (Ohio) Local School District taking home the top technician


ent hat, as he was chosen as the grand marshall for Swanton High School’s football homecoming parade.


“Hopefully the kids will enjoy that,” laughed Smith in September. Warejcka, a freshman to the industry, said he was honored to


compete with such a large group of talented competitors and described Michelin as an “awesome host.” “I used to work at a dealership, but about three years ago, I wanted a change of atmosphere. There are a lot of talented


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