What would you do? any advice appreciated

Trucking companies will find out. They even find sealed records. Start right now with some applications & submit several and be honest so you don't get fired 1000 miles away from home.
If companies pre-hire you,knowing about the SAP program, then you have nothing to worry about.
Some companies are more lenient than others; take what you can get, then in 12 months you can go about anywhere.
Paschall Truck Lines
Sunset Logistics
Rosedale Transport (Dalton,GA)
Freymiller
PI&I Motor Express
Wiley Sanders Truck Lines
Navajo Express
TransAm
USA Truck
Comet Transportation - Harvey,IL

Remember, your first company won't be the one you retire from, so don't be too picky. Right now you just need to get started and get a few months experience.

 

Whats the point of the SAP program if the school still has to tell employers.Op companies will accept you as long as you show them the proof that you successfully completed SAP.

 

The point of the SAP process is that once a positive hits it must be finished. Think of it this way. When you open your vehicles drivers side door at some point you close it. This process is like that. A positive is like opening the door and the SAP return to duty process is like closing that door. However now the door being opened to start with is part of your record and must be reported even though its now closed.

 

I think the real question is NOT if the trucking companies find out, It's if their insurance company finds out. Those guys have the greatest databases in the world!

There is only one answer. Be truthful.

 

You can say that again about the insurance company database. When I moved to Virginia in 2013 I changed my car insurance company. During the process I got asked about an at fault accident from when I was 16 back in 1974. My father paid cash to fix that ladies car. I was shocked to see it was in a database.

 

In this day and age you can duck the truth but You CANNOT hide from it!

 

Keep us posted if you will; might help another driver in the same situation.

 

This.. I'm wondering how far along you are, but if it was initial screen, I would look at going to another school. Most carriers want to see a new student graduate from CDL school before hiring, so get clean, then enroll at a new school and not mention the first one once you graduate and are looking for jobs.