President's Message

Welcome to the Heart of Texas Chapter of TAPT! I am honored to serve the chapter as president this year and believe we have an excellent calendar of events scheduled. Our stalwart vendors never cease to amaze us with new school bus products and members of our own organization have agreed to conduct a series of monthly training sessions focused on our mission of safely transporting students.

We are a group of school bus transportation officials dedicated to serving students throughout Region 12. I believe that I speak for each of them when I say to all of our region members that we are available to assist with any of those day-to-day issues that always impact on safe and efficient student transportation operations. The below list of directors from some of our districts is provided for your use in the event you might want to discuss one of those difficult issues or even pose a question. We have found that there are rarely new problems; you just have to find a district that has experienced it and discuss how it was handled. Don’t hesitate to call on any of us if you need help—if we don’t have information for you, we may know someone who can assist.

Above all, have a SAFE school year! The other chapter officers and I hope that you can find the time to visit us at one or more chapter meetings throughout the school year. Check out our schedule on the Calendar of Events page for dates and locations; typically we meet at 10:30 AM on the second Wednesday of each month.

Joe Hart

President (2006-07)

Heart of Texas Chapter of TAPT

Tommy Barkley

Salado ISD

(254) 947-5023