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school bus Virginia Beach Schools Roll Out Cloud-Based Transportation Tech
Virginia Beach, Va., City Public Schools (VBCPS) has entered into a three-year contract with Zum, a company specializing in modern student transportation, to deploy a cloud-based platform to improve the district’s school bus system.  
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