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HEADLINES 26 Stay Cool When Determining Your Bus A/C System
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6 School Transportation News Magazine March 2012 Departments
MAILBAG 10 Views and opinions from our readers 20 Years of STN: Reader Recollections
STN ONLINE 12 Highlights from the Web
FEATURED PRODUCT 62 Westmatic Multiwash 4400 Tree-Brush Rollover
UPCOMING EVENTS 63 Monthly industry calendar
MARKETPLACE 64 Classified Advertising
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INDUSTRY CONNECTIONS 14 South Carolina bill would strip DOE of school buses, Tomas Built SCR vs. EGR study, California bill temporarily restores transportation funding, new director of pupil transportation in New York, C.E. White closes facility, will open two this year, Biz Bites and more
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TIM AMMON 54 Te Interrelationship of Fleet Management Functions
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FIRST TAKE BY RYAN GRAY 8 Te Bottom Line of School Bus Maintenance
PUBLISHER’S CORNER BY TONY CORPIN 66 It’s Halftime in America
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