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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 Claire AtkinsonJuly 27, 2009

Celebrating a job well done

Staff appreciation events boost morale and show employees that their services mean a lot.

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School Bus Fleet Blogby Kelly RoherJuly 13, 2009

Heading to the Mall for School Bus Safety Lessons

Two drivers for Missoula, Mont.-based school bus and charter motorcoach operator Beach Transportation Co. spent a Saturday earlier this year promoting school bus safety at a children’s fair held at a local mall. A Type A school bus was parked in the mall and the drivers...

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School Bus Fleet Blogby Thomas McMahonJune 30, 2009

Growing up yellow

I wonder whether my boys will get to a point in their youth when they begin to think the school bus is not cool. Will I need to lecture them on how safe it is, how convenient it is, how it reduces traffic and our own gas consumption? And will they care about any of that? ...

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School Bus Fleet Blogby Claire AtkinsonJune 22, 2009

Do you tweet?

Many public organizations are jumping on the Twitter bandwagon to publish important information . . .

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School Bus Fleet Blogby Thomas McMahonJune 15, 2009

School bus delivers WWII education

Here’s yet another fascinating second life for a school bus: a traveling World War II museum. The 40-foot “BUS-eum,” as it’s called, has been roaming across the Midwest to inform folks about the experiences of prisoners of war in Nazi Germany. ...

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School Bus Fleet Blogby Kelly RoherJune 8, 2009

Taking Time to Help Students in Need

I recently read an article online about an elementary school counselor and a team of volunteers in Minden, Nev., who fill backpacks with nonperishable food for students in need every Friday afternoon during the school year. Bus drivers...

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