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Newsby News/Media ReleaseSeptember 6, 2024

New Orleans School Aims to Have Area's First Electric School Buses

The New Orleans Charter Science & Mathematics High School was awarded $3.1 million in grant funds by the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean School Bus Program to help fund the process.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseSeptember 3, 2024

New WRI Electric School Bus Program Gets U.S. DOE Funding Boost

The program will use a 'train-the-trainer' approach to increase school districts’ capacity to adopt electric school buses, particularly in disadvantaged communities facing the greatest inequities based on income, race, pollution, and tribal status. 

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseAugust 29, 2024

Zum Launches All-Electric, V2G-Capable Fleet in California District [Updated]

This initiative with Oakland Unified School District aims to reduce emissions, improve air quality, and enhance grid resilience, setting a precedent for sustainable student transportation nationwide.

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A yellow Blue Bird electric school bus sits in front of a school building.
Newsby News/Media ReleaseAugust 29, 2024

An Electrified Milestone: Blue Bird Delivers 2000th Electric School Bus in Nevada

The Clark County School District received Blue Bird’s 2,000th EV to help the nation’s fifth largest school district transition its school bus fleet to clean student transportation.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseAugust 22, 2024

Transit Technologies Acquires Bytecurve

The acquisition expands Transit Technologies into the K-12 student transport software market.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseAugust 22, 2024

Durham School Services Employees Honored by Idaho Department of Education

Special Education Driver and Evaluator Thomas Geren was named the Special Needs Transportation Award winner, while Safety and Training Supervisor Terry Marinos was named School Bus Driver Trainer of the Year.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseAugust 20, 2024

GreenPower Delivers 5 BEAST Electric School Buses to California Schools

Of the five BEASTs to be delivered, four will go to the Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified School District and the fifth to the Terra Bella Union Elementary School District. More deliveries in California and Oregon are planned.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseAugust 20, 2024

First Student Wins Technology Award for Alternative Transportation Solution

First Student received the Technology Strategy Impact Award for North America by Forrester for the creation of its FirstAlt program.

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A group of students stands in front of a Thomas Built Jouley electric school bus. The door is open with the bus driver smiling for the camera.
Newsby News/Media ReleaseAugust 15, 2024

Thomas Built Creates Electric School Bus Student Curriculum

Casey Harris, an EV business analyst for Thomas Built and a former teacher, principal, and superintendent, developed the free curriculum to expand awareness about electric school buses.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseAugust 14, 2024

Durham School Services Enters 5-Year Deal with New York School District

Durham will run 70 regular and special education routes for the Indian River Central School District in New York.

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