Student Transportation Inc. Celebrates National School Bus Safety Week and Announces Safety Wall of Fame Inductees
17 October 2017 - 12:22AM
Student Transportation Inc. (“STI”) (TSX:STB) (NASDAQ:STB), a
leader in school transportation, safety and fleet services, joins
its customers and the National Association of Pupil Transportation
(NAPT) in celebrating National School Bus Safety Week from October
16 – 20. Held during the third full week of October each year, the
NAPT’s campaign is an active and evolving public education program
and an excellent way for parents, students, teachers, motorists,
school bus operators, school administrators, and other interested
parties to join forces and address the importance of school bus
safety. The NAPT’s theme this year is #StopOnRed which is derived
from last year’s NAPT poster contest winner.
“School Bus Safety Week is a wonderful
opportunity for us to partner with our communities and support
everyone’s role in keeping our students safe,” said Shelly Hall,
the Company’s Vice President of Safety. “While the safety and well
being of our passengers is a year round commitment and our number
one priority each and every day, the NAPT’s educational program is
a way for us to really emphasize the importance of school bus
safety and the goals of the #StopOnRed campaign.”
STI’s 170+ locations throughout North America
will be holding safety meetings with customers and parents,
conducting demonstrations with local officials including highway
patrol, and featuring online safety training courses through its
Learning Management System. STI is also introducing a series of
safety-themed videos for children from Pre-K through 12th grade,
and will be sharing the content with its customers and school
administrators in an effort to help better educate passengers of
all ages on school bus safety practices including safely crossing
the street, emergency evacuations, and danger zones around the
school bus. The Company is also rolling out several new tools to
highlight and support its No Unattended Passengers initiative
during the week, including new safety posters, vehicle placards, an
informational video and a nationwide pledge being signed by STI’s
more than 15,000 employees. “Many children are still adjusting to
their morning schedule of being back in school,” Hall said. “So,
finding a sleeping child is not the problem, but leaving them
unattended on a school vehicle at any time is. We take our
responsibility as stewards of the more than one million children we
transport daily very seriously, and will do everything we can to
create a safe environment for them on the school bus.”
This week the Company is also pleased to
announce its 5th annual STI Safety “Wall of Fame” recipients, an
honor granted to employees who have exceeded the regular scope of
their duties by exhibiting an outstanding commitment to safety and
community.
Employees were nominated by STI location
managers from across North America and were held to the highest
criteria of safety and performance within their role along with
exceptional character -- those who arrive to work first and leave
last, the ones who mentor new members of the team, those who are
actively engaged with their communities. They take pride in their
jobs, follow safety best practices, and shine as leaders amongst
their team. The fifteen inductees into this year’s Safety “Wall of
Fame” will be recognized during a special ceremony in the spring
with STI Senior Leadership in Charleston, South Carolina. This
year’s inductees into the Safety “Wall of Fame” are:
Billie Waugh: Grand Junction, CO |
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Mary
Mouton: North Hollywood, CA |
Daniel Douglas: Lake Oswego, OR |
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Mindy
Lehman: Peterborough, ON |
Eloise Estrada: Santa Maria, CA |
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Nancy
Stephan: Sanford, ME |
Gilbert Martinez: Ontario, CA |
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Richelle Strodder: Middletown, RI |
Joan
Podolski: Williamstown, NJ |
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Tammy
Diethelm: Chaska, MN |
Karen
Mastriania: Mount Joy, PA |
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Vicky
Reibert: Trafford, PA |
Karen
Souza: Danbury, CT |
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Bill Patterson:
Collegeville, PA |
Karen Stebbins:
Higganum, CT |
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To learn more about Student Transportation Inc. and its family
of companies, please visit www.RideSTBus.com.
About Student Transportation Inc.
Founded in 1997, Student Transportation Inc. (STI) is an industry
leader in school bus transportation, safety and fleet services. STI
operates more than 13,500 vehicles, providing customers with the
highest level of safe and reliable student transportation,
management, logistics and technology solutions throughout the U.S.
and Canada. Services are delivered by drivers, dispatchers,
maintenance technicians, managers, information technology
professionals and others, who are caring members of their local
communities. For more information, please visit
www.rideSTBus.com.
Company contact:Doug Coupe
Director of Communications & Investor Relations (843) 884-2720
dcoupe@ridesta.com