The California Association of School Transportation Officials, would like to congratulate all of the school bus drivers for competing at the 48^th Annual School Bus Driver International Safety Competition, hosted by the National School Transportation Association in Philadelphia, PA .   The event began with a written test on general rules and  regulations. Then drivers competed on a difficult course utilizing their behind-the-wheel skills to achieve the maximum score of 725 points.  There are three categories of buses: Transit, Conventional and Small Bus.

A breakdown of all the California winners in each category is as follows:

Transit Bus

1^st Place:  Victor Garza, Newport Mesa USD, Costa Mesa, CA

3^rd Place:  Sergio Duenas, Durham School Services, San Bernardino, CA

 Conventional Bus

 7^th Place:  Ryan Bakeman, Antelope Valley Schools Transportation Agency, Lancaster, CA

9^th Place:  Les Johnson, Student Transportation of America, Santa Maria, CA     

 Small Bus

4^th Place:  Bryan Brooks, West County Transportation Agency, Sonoma, Ca                           

Congratulations to all of our California school bus drivers. 

The new address is: 

CASTO

PO Box 348120

Sacramento, CA 95834

Please send any future correspondence to the new address above.  Please help get the word out and forward this to your accounting and payroll departments to ensure payroll deductions are routes properly.