School Bus Fleet, July 2015

48 SCHOOL BUS FLEET JULY 2015 www childcheckmate com1 877 494 8222Let Child Check Mate System keep an eye out for your kids connects to your existing GPS system for real time insightcan be installedin 20 minutesEP1 systems still only 99955 year warranty peopleincluding three decades as a vice president for Laidlaw Education Services Bartee was an educator and administrator with Omaha Public Schools for 35 years ERIC JONES has been named vice president of sales and marketing for automatic tire chain supplier Onspot of North America Jones will lead Onspots regional managers and will be responsible for sales and marketing Previously Jones served in management roles for the snow and ice removal systems division of Muncie Power Products In other news DANIEL CORRIVEAU has joined Onspot as eastern Canada regional manager Corriveau previously worked at an Onspot dealer in Quebec for more than 12 years He replaces PAT FREYER who covered the eastern Canada region for the past 26 years Freyer will continue to serve as president and CEO of Onspot RONALD LEE longtime director of transportation for Washingtons North Kitsap School District died on April 16 after battling an extended illness Lee was also a member of the Washington Association for Pupil Transportation WAPT and served a term as its president WAPT officials described Lee as a true leader in our industry LORRAINE PAHLKE a longtime school bus contractor and industry association leader died on May 11 at age 92 Pahlke and her husband Alfred founded Barrington Ill Transportation Co in 1947 and she ran the business for more than 30 years after Alfred retired Pahlke served a term as president of the Illinois School Transportation Association and she and her husband were charter members of the National School Transportation Association PATRICK STARKEN has been designated a certified director of pupil transportation by the National Association for Pupil Transportation NAPT Starken is the transportation supervisor at Racine Wis Unified School District Requirements for NAPTs director certification program include taking more than 20 professional development courses and passing a written test JACOB IVERSON has been named corporate general manager transportation for Harlows School Bus Service Iverson joined the company as corporate director of operations last year Harlows School Bus Service based in Bismarck North Dakota contracts with school districts in five states CHRIS RUSSELL has been named vice president of operations at Thomas Built Buses Russell will oversee two bus body plants a chassis plant a component fabrication plant and related logistics operations including more than 1500 employees BILL NOFTZ has been appointed area general manager of First Students Alaska locations In this expanded role Noftz will also continue to be responsible for the overall performance of First Students Washington state locations RICHARD JACOBS ROBERT PUDLEWSKI and DR JERRY BARTEE have joined the advisory board of Transportation Sector Consultants Inc a provider of consulting and management solutions to school districts Jacobs has 40 years of experience in school transportation and public school administration including having served as director of transportation for Boston Public Schools Pudlewski has 50 years of school bus industry experience Starken Iverson Jones Corriveau