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Wes Platt

Wes Platt

Former Executive Editor

[Archives] Join us in an open-ended conversation about children and school buses – and the people who bring them together from SBF's editorial team and guest authors.

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School Bus Fleet Blogby Wes PlattJanuary 15, 2022

Keep Rolling with the Hits That Keep Coming

Component shortages and delivery challenges resulted in a bus manufacturing backlog for Blue Bird as the industry started its post-COVID shutdown rebound.

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School Bus Fleet Blogby Carina NobleDecember 23, 2021

NSTA: Reflecting on a Challenging Year

The association's advocacy team continues to work with legislators and federal officials to cope with the ongoing driver shortage and fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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School Bus Fleet Blogby Wes PlattDecember 15, 2021

School Bus Sales Still Await Healthy Rebound

Data collected for the latest SBF Fact Book points to an overall decline in school bus sales. Will the COVID-19 pandemic, driver shortage, and supply chain issues relent enough to allow the industry to bounce back in the year ahead?

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School Bus Fleet Blogby Ty BobitDecember 8, 2021

NAPT Hall of Famer and SBF Publisher Set to Retire

Frank Di Giacomo retires in January after decades working for Bobit and leading School Bus Fleet and Metro magazines.

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School Bus Fleet Blogby Brendan WagnerDecember 7, 2021

Schools Must Consider Complete Compensation Package to Gain, Retain Drivers

Brendan Wagner, pupil transportation director for the Scottsdale (Ariz.) Unified School District, shares his thoughts on attacking the nationwide school bus driver shortage - and it can't focus entirely on the wage rate.

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School Bus Fleet Blogby Wes PlattNovember 18, 2021

Rolling Into a Season of Gratitude

This Thanksgiving season I feel a debt of gratitude to the many School Bus Fleet readers who submitted nominations for 2021’s Administrator of the Year. Thanks to you, we had a cornucopia of choices from all across the United States, coast to coast.

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