School board votes down electric bus purchase 3-2

After much public scrutiny, the school board voted against accepting an Environmental Protection Agency grant that would fund the purchase on an electric school bus.

The board voted 3-2 against the purchase at a special meeting Sept. 9.

The district had selected Georgia-based manufacturer Blue Bird for the electric vehicle, which would have arrived in town next year.

The bus’s $423,000 price tag exceeded the $378,000 in federal grant money, meaning the school district would have had to dip into its reserve fund to cover the remaining $45,000.

In addition to covering the funding gap, the distri...

 
 

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