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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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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.
An image of students taking a “yellow limo” to prom, which became one of our 2014 Photo Contest Honorable Mentions, prompted a discussion among us here at SBF about the value of extracurricular activities and the school bus’s critical role in making it possible for many students to participate.
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The way school bus drivers greet their passengers, handle disciplinary issues or respond to a student who’s struggling can have a lasting impact on the youngsters on their bus. Also, because of the sensitive nature of their profession, school bus drivers are susceptible to ending up in the media spotlight.
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As I work on a story on best practices for conducting interviews, some sources have stressed to me how important it is to screen for critical qualities that you can’t train on, such as a positive attitude and an assertive personality.
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Beyond its vital role in education, the school bus has provided a home on wheels for many who have sought to simplify their lives or to travel the country. The yellow bus also represents an important economic opportunity for hundreds of thousands of people, including an African refugee who came to the U.S.
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Beyond his contributions in trade magazine publishing, what you may not know about Ed Bobit is the crucial role he played in the survival of the National Association for Pupil Transportation in its early years. As Mike Martin puts it, "There would be no NAPT without Ed Bobit. Period."
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Sometimes the best way to tell a story is through visuals, and our readers have provided us with many compelling ones. Whether photos or videos, we are looking to you to continue to help us get the most accurate view of your day-to-day experiences.
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