The purpose of this CSPTA shall be to improve, promote and maintain the highest level of safe and efficient transportation for the

pupils of the public and private schools in the State of Colorado. To promote common pupil transportation business interests of its 

members.  The CSPTA shall provide an opportunity for its members to develop skills and habits respecting the life and well being

of students transported and supporting high expectations of safety excellence and encouraging and recognizing individual 
accomplishments. The mission of the CSPTA is to meet the goal for the safe transportation of school children by providing a forum

for open communication with all participants in Colorado pupil transportation environment. The CSPTA may support research into
areas identified through real life experience and strive to acquire knowledge which may be used by all participants in school
transportation.

Road-e-o and Banquet Registration are available on line.

Details below:

assets/2012stateroadeo/2012 cspta state special needs road.docx 

assets/2012stateroadeo/contestant biographical information.doc

assets/2012stateroadeo/participant waiver.doc

assets/2012stateroadeo/state roadeo book 2012.doc

Registration forms:

CSPTA Championship School Bus Road-e-o Contest

2012 CSPTA Roadeo Banquet

Lunch Request Form - Guest Only

NAPT Special Needs Transportation Endorsements Continue to Grow

 http://stnonline.com/home/latest-news/4355-napt-special-needs-transportation-endorsements-continue-to-grow

The National Association for Pupil Transportation announced that student transporters from Tennessee and Colorado 
are the latest to complete required curriculum for the group's Special Needs Training Program.

Gena Murchison, a special education route specialist for the Jackson-Madison County School Systems in 
Jackson, Tenn., and Karen Knight, a safety and training manager at Adams 12 Five Star Schools in Thornton, Colo.,
were named the 25th and 26th in the nation, respectively, to obtain the endorsement. An NAPT spokesperson said 
Murchison completed her coursework at the recent NAPT Summit and Transporting Students with Disabilities
National Conference, the latter which is now owned and operated by School Transportation News' parent company
STN Media Group. Meanwhile, Knight completed her training at the NAPT Summit and at Colorado State Pupil 
Transportation Association events. 

The NAPT Special Needs Transportation Training Program provides numerous means for transportation personnel 
serving students with disabilities to access educational opportunities at both local and national conferences and 
to gain national recognition for their efforts. Core curriculum consists of six special needs courses in a variety of 
different settings, including a school bus roadeo and a trade show of school transportation products and services. 
The core curriculum is supplemented by two courses of elective instruction from the NAPT Professional Development
Series (PDS) Program. The syllabus for the core curriculum was specifically designed to increase an individual's
specific knowledge about transporting students with disabilities.

The NAPT National School Bus Safety Week

(NSBSW) Committee is pleased to send you the attached NSBSW Poster Rules for 2012.  The poster theme that students 

should draw before September 2012  is "Stand Back from the Yellow and Black."  [The Poster theme and the Safety Week

theme are different in any one school year.  This year's Poster theme (2012) will become the Safety Week theme next year:
2013.]   Please contact me for further clarification, if needed (some days I'm still confused by it!).

assets/docs/2012 national school bus safety poster contest.docx

CHANGE OF PRIZE

Per the Unites States government, U.S. Savings Bonds are now paperless:

Paper Savings Bonds Go Extinct

As of Jan 1, the Treasury Department is no longer issuing paper savings bonds, such as the Series EE, at banks. 

Rather, the patriotic gift of choice is now available online exclusively. The reason for the switch: cost. "It's been

coming for a long time," says Mckayla Braden, spokeswoman for the Bureau of the Public Debt at the Treasury
Department. "Savings bonds are, in their paper form, an expensive program." 

By eliminating paper, the federal government expects to save $70 million in the first five years.
For consumers, going digital will have at least one benefit - no more worries about misplacing the certificates. 
To purchase electronic savings bonds, individuals must create an account at www.TreasuryDirect.gov.

-Michelle Diament

Given the change from paper to paperless,  our committee has decided (for this year) 

to award the cash equivalent of the previous Saving Bond prizes.  This means, for example, the overall winner, 

whose bond prize would have been $1,000, will now be given a check for $500.

This is good news as it should streamline our process, given that student social security numbers will no longer be needed.  Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns you may have.  

Thank you for promoting school bus safety. 

NAPT | Marketing & Communication

1840 Western Ave

Albany NY 12203

(800) 989-6278

www.napt.org

New items

A new category has been added to the member center tab - FAQ  How do I do that.

Here you will find instructions on:

Using the events calendar

Using the search option

Committee management

More to come!

Check out SCR Flue Savings

go to:

http://www.thomasbus.com/earth-friendly/fuel-economy-test/    

 

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Our 2012 "Children's Choice Driver of the Year Essay Contest" is now open for entry submissions.  Information is posted

on our website, and below you will find the Flyer and Permission slip that you can e-mail, hand-out and post on your website
Be creative where you hand out these flyers - Transportation directors are not the only individuals that might spread the

word.  This can be a great class-writing project for teachers.  There tends to be great local press and relationship building

if the winner or runner-up come from your AOR, so spread the word!

For anyone involved in a Love The Bus Event, that is another opportunity to share the news of our contest!  

The first document contains both the flyer and the permission slip.  The second flyer contains just the flyer.
More details can be found at:  http://www.thomasbus.com/about-us/essay-contest/

assets/docs/2012 final essay contest flyer and permission slip.pdf


Colorado Springs School District 11 - Property Disposal Sale

For details - click on links

assets/docs/2012-1024 used vehicles rfq.pdf

assets/docs/2012-1024 rfq offer form.pdf

December 2011 E-Board Minutes posted under the Board of Directors

Road-e-o Minutes have been posted under Committees - Roadeo Committee

LRC Conference Meeting minutes posted under Committees - LRC Committee

Events on CSPTA Website:

Colorado West Seminar April 2012

Registration is available for the CSPTA 2012 Technicians Contest

On line registration form ~ CSPTA 2012 Technicians Contest

Printable form ~ assets/docs/cspta 2012 techician constest registration.doc

2012 CSPTA Vendor Show

Vendors:

2012 Vendor Show Agenda -Vendors Only

assets/vendorshow/2012 exhibitor packet vendor show.doc

2012 Vendor Show Registration - Vendors Only

Marriott Pueblo Reservation Link ~ Pueblo Marriott >>

assets/docs/printable vendor registration form.doc

Members:

2012 CSPTA Annual Vendor Show ~  For details click here ~ 2012 Vendor Show

2012 Annual CSPTA Vendor Show Registration

Nominations for Person of the Year ~ 2012 Person of the Year

Sped Meeting dates have been posted on the Events Calendar. 

CSPTA Fleet Services Committee dates have been posted on the Events Calendar

Business Partner Membership and Affiliate Membership

Become an Affiliate Member ~ Affiliate Membership Application

Become a Business Partner  ~ Business Partner Affiliate Membership Application

Individual Memberships

2012-2013 New Membership Application

2012 - 2013 Membership Renewal

 Job Postings:

Boulder - Mechanic Job Posting

Douglas County School District - Transportation Assistant Terminal Manager

Fountain Fort Carson Job Posting - Transportation Trainer

Denver Public Schools Fleet Manager

Adams 12 - assets/images/bus_driver_trainee_1603.pdf

Poudre School District Job Postings

• Transportation Driver/Trainer/Safety Coordinator for the Weld RE-4

Transportation Director Academy SD 20

Clear Creek Transportation Head Mechanic

If you have an upcoming event or just an article that you would like posted on the Website, please send it to the email address below.

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CSPTA Business Partner Spotlight     

All it takes is a flip of the switch located in the cab of your vehicle.  If black ice or packed snow lies ahead, 
you'll have the additional safety advantage of knowing that you can immediately deploy your ONSPOT automatic
chain device.

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