The Wrangell school district will not purchase an electric school bus this year.
Business Manager Kristy Andrew informed the Environmental Protection Agency that the district would return the $370,000 federal grant it received in 2023. After the school board voted down the purchase on Sept. 9, the district had until Nov. 22 to inform the EPA of its decision, which it did ahead of the extended deadline.
This concludes a four-month long saga in which the school board initially expressed optimism about the bus purchase before flipping on the decision in its 3-2 September vote.
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