Welcome to the WVAPT Web Site!
The WVAPT and the WVDE collaborated again this year to put on a very successful WV School Transportation Conference at Snowshoe this year. The attendance was excellent with 55 counties attending and a total of nearly 500 attendees. Many thanks to the 87 vendor representatives for their invaluable contribution.
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| The West Virginia
Association for Pupil Transportation recently purchased a
training trailer and provide the necessary equipment to set
up a School Bus Safety Road-e-o. A county or RESA may request the Road-e-o trailer on a first come first serve bases by calling Todd Bloss, Director, Wood County Schools Transportation. |
This year has been very busy for the WVAPT Executive Committee and the WVDE staff.
This and last year has brought about much change, including; On-line training and testing, recertification of bus operator trainers, updated classroom training manual, addition of a behind-the-wheel training manual, updating the WVDE “WV School Bus Transportation Policy & Procedures Manual (Policy 4336) and the updating of the new bus specifications.
All of these changes are necessary to meet our goal: To provide safe and efficient school transportation for all public students in West Virginia.
Ben
Shew
Executive Director
Office of School Transportation
WV Department of Education
