In April 2006, NYAPT formed a new non-profit corporation to assist and cooperate in conducting educational and public service activities related to school transportation and school bus safety. The new corporation is called the CYR FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION.
It is named after Dr. Frank Cyr, a New Yorker who convened the very first school transportation safety standards conference in 1939. That conference is repeated every five years to this day and was responsible for establishing the most distinguishing thing we know about a school bus: it’s CHROME YELLOW color.
PURPOSES
The chartered purposes of the Cyr Foundation are to:
- To support the development and education the professionals who are responsible for the safe and efficient transportation of our school children
- To conduct various training in the safe and efficient transportation of our school children
- To educate the public in the safe and efficient transportation of our school children
- To conduct studies regarding the safe and efficient transportation of our school children
- To comment, privately and publicly, regarding the safe and efficient transportation of our school children
SLIDE SHOW
Click here for a PowerPoint description of the Cyr Foundation and its purposes and aspirations.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Board of Directors of the Foundation consists of members of NYAPT as well as members of the general public. Click here to view a listing of the current Board of Directors. We thank these men and women for volunteering their time and energy and ideas to bring this new foundation to fruition.
BOARD MEETINGS
The Board of Directors will continue to meet quarterly at the Holiday Inn Express at 1442 Western Avenue in Albany, NY, on the following dates:
2010-11: Sept. 24, Dec. 3, March 11, June 3
2011-12: Sept. 23, Dec. 2, March 9, June 8
BY-LAWS
The foundation is a subsidiary of NYAPT and as such the NYAPT Board of Directors plays a role in electing the original Board, receiving reports from the Foundation, adopting its by-laws and amendments and in entering a formal operating agreement with the Foundation. Click here to view a copy of the Cyr Foundation By Laws.
If you are interested in becoming involved with the Foundation or in becoming a member of the Board of Directors, please contact a Board member for more information about such opportunities.
