The goal of the West Virginia Association for Pupil Transportation is to promote safe and efficient transportation for all students to and from school and school activities.

Communication is the key to a safe operation; therefore, this website was designed to help accomplish our goal. We hope that you will find this site useful. The links on the left will help direct you more quickly to the various topics of interest.

Information regarding the WVAPT 2012 Conference and the State School Bus Safety Road-e-o is available by clicking on the Meeting link. We are pleased to offer once again this year West Virginia’s Best School Bus Technician/Inspector Skills Competition. We will be using the same format as the America’s Best Competition sponsored by the National Association for Pupil Transportation and the winners will qualify to advance to the national competition. We do encourage those who are qualified to participate.

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WVAPT Executive Committee

Greenbrier Mechanic Named
2011 America’s Best School Bus Inspector

Jack Defibaugh, of Greenbrier County Schools was recognized on October 24th at the 37th Annual NAPT Conference in Cincinnati Ohio. After participating twice in the WVAPT’s state competition, Jack represented West Virginia at the 8th Annual NAPT America’s Best National School Bus Technician and Inspector Training and Skills competition in San Antonio, Texas during the last week of September. The 32 mechanics from throughout the US not only shared in some friendly competition but was provided valuable training workshops during the week. WVAPT is very proud of Jack and his accomplishments in having won first place in the inspector’s part of the competition. We are proud to have started our state competition two years ago with assistance from America’s Best committee member Marshall Casey and staff from South Carolina Dept of Ed. WVAPT remains committed in continuing the WV’s Best Tech/Inspect competition at the annual conference and looks forward to more participants in the years ahead.

WV School Bus Safety Poster Winners

National School Bus Safety Poster Winners