Kaylee Clancy, a third-grader at Lawrence's Langston Hughes Elementary School, is one of two Kansas winners in this year's National School Bus Safety Week poster contest.

A Lawrence third-grader is one of two Kansas students to place in this year’s National School Bus Safety Week poster contest, the Kansas State Department of Education announced this week.

Kaylee Clancy, who attends Lawrence’s Langston Hughes Elementary School, placed third in Division I of the 2016 nationwide poster contest, which is sponsored by the National Association of Pupil Transportation and aims to promote safer school transportation.

Clancy, a second-grader at the time she submitted her poster, competed with kindergartners, first- and second-graders in her division. The theme of this year’s poster contest was #Stop On Red.

Kaylee Clancy, a third-grader at Lawrence's Langston Hughes Elementary School, is one of two Kansas winners in this year's National School Bus Safety Week poster contest.

The Kansas State Department of Education and Kansas State Pupil Transportation Association sponsor the state-level contest, which this year received more than 200 entries from about 30 districts across Kansas.

The KSDE narrows this list down to five in each division. Then, Kansas bus drivers vote for the top winner in each division during a bus-driver competition held in June in Hutchison. The winners from each division then advance to the national competition.

Clancy received a plaque from the KSPTA and will be given $50 by the NAPT.

Kansas has not had a national winner in the competition since 2002, according to a news release issued by the KSDE. This year’s other national winner from Kansas, Kira Schafer, is an eighth-grader at El Dorado Middle School.