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• 5 year warranty 18 22


SECTIONS 8 Feedback 12 STN Online


16 Q&A: OPW Fuel Management Systems


23 Products 46 Ad Index 48 Marketplace


NEWS 50 Publisher’s Corner by Tony Corpin


14 The True Impact of ESSA on Transportation is Likely to Take Its Time


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6 School Transportation News • APRIL 2016


18 Fueling the Alternatives 22 DERA in the Headlights


COLUMNS 1O First Take by Ryan Gray


30 Thought Leader by Michael LaFaive


32 Thought Leader by Michael Shields


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