School board moves closer to buying $423,000 electric bus

Cell phones won’t be the only things that need charging before a school day. Wrangell could need to plug in its bus too.

The school board moved closer on Aug. 20 with plans to purchase an electric school bus. Most of the $423,000 cost would come from a $378,000 federal Environmental Protection Agency grant the school district received in 2023. The rest of the funding would likely come from the district’s reserve fund.

Superintendent Bill Burr estimates the bus could arrive sometime in 2025.

The board is scheduled to consider the purchase contract at a special meeting at 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 9,...