OUR HISTORY
SHARITZ BUS SERVICE, INC.
Family Owned & Operated
Sharitz Bus Service, Inc. was originally started in Bradford County, Canton, PA. After Ernest Sharitz returned from the Air Force, he and his wife, Sara moved to Canton where Ernie began sub-driving for a school bus contractor, Mr. Smith in 1973. The following year, Mr. Smith offered to sell his three buses to them. They negotiated a contract with Canton Area School District and Shartiz Bus Service, Inc. was formed.
Ernie and Sara were honored to have the opportunity to provide transportation for the following school districts and area programs: Canton, Northern Tioga, Athens, Selinsgrove, Lewisburg, Watsontown Christian Academy, Children's Discovery, and the Union/Snyder Transportation Alliance.
Sharitz Bus Service, Inc. is proud to have sponsored a first place School Bus Safety Poster Contest winner in PA; which also placed third in Nationals. In March 1993, Sharitz Bus Service, Inc. was named Employer of the Year for the Union-Snyder Area Agency in Aging, and in 1997, they were presented the Governor's Highway Safety Award. Sharitz Bus Service Inc. also received the 1999 Silver Bus Contractor Award from the Pennsylvania School Bus Association.
NAREHOOD TRANSPORTATION
HUNTERS VALLEY
Family Owned & Operated
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Family Owned & Operated
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In 1930, Guy Narehood started Super Service Garage. In 1938, Guy started into the bus business with one bus for Beaver Adams High School. In 1957, Guy passed away and Kenneth P. Narehood took over the business with 3 buses. In 1988, Super Service was awarded a bid at Midd-West School District and had to purchase 14 buses for $32,000 each.
Super Service Garage celebrated 50 years in business in 1988 and received the Golden Bus Contractor Award from the PA School Bus Association. Kenneth passed away in 2022 and Gary Narehood purchased the business. In 2008, Gary started Narehood Transportation LLC with 25 buses, 10 vans and 1 tour bus. The PA School Bus Association honored Narehood Transportation LLC in 2013 with the Platinum Bus Contractor Award for 75 years in the school bus industry. Gary sold Narehood Transporation LLC to Weikel Busing LLC in 2019.
Hunters Valley, Inc. operated in the Greenwood School District and Midd-West School District for many years. In June of 2021, Hunters Valley, Inc. contacted the Midd-West Business Manager and Superintendent asking to be released from their contract, so they could focus more on Greenwood School District. The Midd-West School District contacted Weikel Busing, LLC to take over the routes. Weikel Busing, LLC contacted Spade Busing, the other contractor within the Midd-West School District and the Hunters Valley runs were split between the two contractors.
With splitting the runs Hunters Valley had with Spade Busing, Weikel Busing, LLC purchased 11 school buses and 9 vans in addition to the 16 routes already held at the district.
WEIKEL BUSING, LLC
Family Owned & Operated
Lisa Weikel started driving school bus (#45) for Sharitz Bus Service, Inc in November 1997. In April of 1998 Lisa was hired as the Trainer/Safety Coordinator for Sharitz. As different people left, Lisa took on more responsibilities. In 2000, she also became responsible for maintenance oversight, continued to be the Trainer/Safety Coordinator, along with doing her daily school bus run. Lisa became the Office Manager in July of 2001 when the previous manager left, and did that job until March of 2017. Sometime in 2015, Ernie & Sara approached Lisa about buying the company. Together they approached the Selinsgrove School District about transferring the contract. Weikel Busing, LLC was formed in November of 2016, and officially took over the Selinsgrove School District Contract March 11, 2017, with 26 bus runs and 9 van runs.
WEIKEL BUSING'S COMPANY GROWTH
Lisa and Randy are proud of the growth and accomplishments of Weikel Busing LLC. They owe everything first and foremost to God and His goodness and faithfulness. They also know that this growth would not have been possible without the dedication and hard work of their employees. PJ Adam was hired in October 2017 as our Operations Manager and has also been an integral part of this growth. Our work has included transportation for UPS, shuttling for the Farm Show Complex Events, PA FFA, Penn State Football games, weddings and most recently a daily work shuttle for Purina-Nestle.
COMPANY TIMELILNE
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March 2017 - Weikel Busing LLC was formed with 26 bus runs and 9 van runs for Selinsgrove
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August 2018 - Midd-West contacted Weikel Busing to take over 1 bus and 1 van run
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November 2018 - SUMMIT asked us to take over the transportation of 4 local bus runs
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April 2019 - Narehood Transportation sold 21 bus runs and 13 van runs to Weikel Busing
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October 2020 - CSIU awarded Weikel Busing 1 bus run and 3 van runs
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June 2021 - Weikel Busing was contracted by Midd-West to do the transportation coordination for the district
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August 2021 - Hunters Valley left Midd-West school district, and Weikel Busing was given 10 bus runs and 6 van runs bringing our total to 62 bus runs and 31 van runs
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August 2022 - After consolidation of routes, our current fleet amount as of December 2022 is 58 bus runs and 31 van runs