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30 Q&A: Thomas Built Buses’ Caley Edgerly discusses the company’s 100th birthday


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40 TSD Conference Finds the Special Needs Heartbeat


42 From ‘Homicide Hunter’ to School Bus Driver and Back Again


COLUMNS 12 First Take by Ryan Gray


26 Thought Leader by Antonio Civitella The Evolution of GPS


50 Thought Leader by Phil Horlock School Bus Safety


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