2009 VAPT School Bus Road-e-o

Virginia Winners go on to International Roadeo

Pictured above are the Virginia drivers who participated in the International Bus Safety competetion at St. Louis.

2010 VAPT School Bus Road-e-o

The Virginia Association for Pupil Transportation (VAPT) held the Twenty-sixth annual VAPT School Bus Road-e-o on June 22, 2010. The location site for the event was James River High School in Chesterfield, Virginia.

All three events… Transit, Conventional, and Special Needs were held in concert with the annual state conference in June.

Winners of the events are as follows.

Transit:

3rd - Jeff Long, Newport News City

2nd - Tyler Reynolds, Virginia Beach City

1st - Russell Altizer, Montgomery County

Conventional:

3rd - Sharon Richardson, Williamsburg-James City County

2nd - Candi Pearson, Virginia Beach City

1st - Leslie Alderman, Chesterfield County

Special Needs:

3rd - Heather Loving Hanover County

2nd - Josh Simpkins, Montgomery County

1st - Karen Schoonover, Roanoke County

CONGRATULATIONS to all of the winners and participants. A special thanks is extended to all of the judges and workers who braved the high temperatures to make this year’s event a success.

Lunch for this event was sponsored by:

Commonwealth Bus Sales and Kingmore Supply, Inc.

The 2011 Annual VAPT Conference which will include the Roadeo events will be in Norfolk on June 22-25, 2011.

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2010 Information issued earlier….

Reminders for this year:

Please inform your contestants that they will need to register at the road-e-o location site 30 minutes prior to the event starting. Road-e-o competition will start promptly at 8:00 a.m.
Localities with entries in the competition are asked to provide one or more judges.
Please complete the attached entry form with contestant and judges information and return to Sharon Utley no later than Friday June 4, 2010.

Trophies will be presented to first, second and third place winners from each event (conventional, transit, special needs) following completion of the Road-e-o. The first and second place winners will be eligible to participate in the national event.

Details for the national event will be forwarded to participating localities at a later date.

Transit Road-e-o {INSERT LINKs}

Conventional Road-e-o {INSERT LINKs}

Special Needs Road-e-o {INSERT LINKs}

If you have any question or concerns regarding any of this information please contact a committee member: Sharon Utley (804) 743-3605, Cris Sprouse (757) 263-1563, Joyce Keech (757) 263-1557 and Lonnie Reavis (757) 925-5572

Please contact Sharon_Utley@ccpsnet.net for additional or specific information.

DIRECTIONS to Road-e-o Site:

James River High School

3700 James River Road
Midlothian, VA 23113

Telephone: (804) 378-2420
Fax: (804) 379-2695

IF ARRIVING FROM THE SOUTH:

Take I-95 North to Exit 62, Route 288 North (Chesterfield/Midlothian) to Huguenot Trail/Robious Road (Rt.711) exit. Bear right and go approximately 2 miles. Turn left at the second light, James River Road. James River High School will be the second building on the left.

IF ARRIVING FROM THE EAST:

Take I-64 West to Route 288 South (Chesterfield Exit #288) exit and follow that to the Huguenot Trail/Robious Road (Rt.711) exit. Turn left at light and go approximately 2 miles to the second light and make a left onto James River Road. James River High School will be the second building on the left.

IF ARRIVING FROM THE NORTH:

Take I-95 South to Exit 84B (295/64W to Charlottesville). Take Exit 288 South (Chesterfield) and follow that to the Huguenot Trail/Robious Road (Rt.711) exit. Turn left at light, go approximately 2 miles and take a left at second light onto James River Road. James River High School will be the second building on the left.

IF ARRIVING FROM THE WEST:

Take I-64 East; to Exit 175, Route 288 South (Chesterfield) to the Huguenot Trail/Robious Road (Rt.711) exit. Turn left at light, go approximately 2 miles to the second light and make a left onto James River Road. James River High School will be the second building on the left.

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