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Operator Volume 52 Issue 5 • June 2022
Inside This Issue The 30th Anniversary of the Transportation Specialist Awards The MSBOA Operator Archive PG 1 cont. PG 5
From the President Garrett Regan PG 2
Legislative Update
Scott MacMahon PG 3
News & Views 2020/21 > 2021/20
Rayme Bernick PG 4
Keep Your Branding Up To Date Goff Public PG 5
Bill Would Require Twice a Year Drug Testing for New Jersey Bus Drivers Shelly Jonas PG 6
$5 BILLION Clean School Bus Program Shelly Jonas PG 8-9
NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo Aims to Disarm Employers by Prohibiting Captive Audience Meetings by PG 10
The 30th Anniversary of the Transportation Specialist Awards By The MSBOA Operator Archive The Transportation Specialist Awards were established in 1992. Although technically this will be the 29th year awards are being distributed (thanks COVID), I thought it was worth sharing the history of how this award was established. I found the initial newsletter article from the MSBOA Operator in December 1991. It is interesting how relevant these words still are thirty years later. Transportation Specialist What is the most valuable asset of your company? Who is the most visible representative of your company? What separates MSBOA members from other contractors or district owned operations? Equipment? Facilities? No, it is your employees job performance and your ability to motivate, educate and support your Transportation Specialists/School Bus Drivers. A committee comprised of Jenny and Gordy Hoglund, Leo Moran, Roger Millner and Tom Merrill met with Guy Strauss of Faber Sherney Advertising to discuss ways to unlock the wealth of positive information and experiences of MSBOA members and their employees. We all know the importance of high-quality employees and it is time to publicly recognize the contribution our employees have made to the success of our companies. Contractors often receive praise from their school districts for the service they provide, and it is important to remember that our employees are in large part responsible for our success. The current situation of negativism toward the driver’s ability due to recent tragedies has cast a shadow over those setting the standard of excellence. These awards give recognition to a few of the many Transportation Specialists who have given much more of their time and talent than was expected or required.
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