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Chester Upland applies for EPA electric-bus rebates, seeks solar panels for high school roof
Summary
District staff told the board they have applied to the EPA Clean School Bus Rebate Program for six electric buses to be leased to the district's current transportation vendor and submitted a separate application to add solar panels to Chester High following a recent roof grant.
Chester Upland School District officials said Jan. 16 they have applied for federal funding to replace diesel buses with six electric buses and separately applied for a solar installation at Chester High School.
The district has applied to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Clean School Bus Rebate Program for six electric buses that would be leased to the district's current transportation provider, Chester Elite, and would charge at a facility referred to in the meeting as Toby Farms. "Chester Upland School District is…
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