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Check out this month’s Tuesday Tune-Up. Your feedback requested, AC preventative maintenance guidelines, new DD5 parameter settings, and more! 

Check out this month’s Tuesday Tune-Up. A surprise visit for Team Sonny, Sonny Merryman operations amid COVID-19, helpful resources, and more! 

Central Virginia veterans kicked off the Memorial Day weekend in style by celebrating the arrival of a sharp new set of wheels. American Legion Post 16 in Lynchburg is now the proud owner of a custom-built, wheelchair accessible shuttle coach. Under bright sunshine and in adherence with proper social distance practices, a small group of … Continued

This year’s Thomas Built Buses Dealer Awards Ceremony looked a little different than it has in years past and concluded with a grand surprise visit for Team Sonny. Every year the Thomas dealer network comes together for a three day conference and on the final evening, Thomas hosts an awards ceremony where top performers are … Continued

Check out this month’s Tuesday Tune-Up. Remembering one of Virginia pupil transportation’s best, bus cleaning guidelines, and more. 

Check out this month’s Tuesday Tune-Up. A Thank You to the many special people in the pupil transportation industry, Bus Technician Round Table Workshops Postponed, and more. 

UPDATE: Monday, March 30 All Sonny Merryman centers are currently open and continue to operate on a normal schedule. In support of Virginia’s effort to limit the spread of COVID-19, we are operating under government guidelines, and we are requiring all customers call ahead to schedule an appointment before visiting their local Sonny Merryman center. To schedule … Continued

Check out this month’s Tuesday Tune-Up. Spring 2020 Round Table workshop dates released, Thomas Built Institute East announced, a VA transportation director retires, and much more! 

He was more than 20 years into his career with the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) when the then Caroline County Superintendent Stanley Jones approached him about a supervisory position with the school division’s pupil transportation department. With no pupil transportation experience, JD Satterwhite was hesitant to accept. “[Mr. Jones] explained to me I had … Continued

If you had asked her when she was younger what she wanted to be “when she grew up,” Cheryl Fisher, the director of transportation services for Fauquier County Public Schools and president of the Virginia Association for Pupil Transportation (VAPT), would not have thought of a career in pupil transportation. Yet over the last 30-plus years, … Continued