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District evaluates electric-bus grant; administration warns upfront costs and infrastructure gaps
Summary
The board heard that the district secured a grant to offset part of an electric-bus purchase and charging station costs but administrators warned the district must front the purchase and may face additional infrastructure expenses; the board deferred a decision pending finance-team review.
District leaders told the board they have secured grant funding to reduce the incremental cost of buying an electric bus and building a charging station, but they cautioned that the district must still front the purchase price and may face higher-than-estimated infrastructure costs.
Transportation lead Michelle Pellis described the grant concept: the grant would cover a portion of the difference between the cost of an electric bus and a diesel bus and…
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