Durham Public Schools, like many districts nationwide, has struggled to hire enough bus drivers. This school year, over 22,000 children — 73% — requested bus rides.

Durham Public Schools, which serves the city and county of Durham, will receive 38 electric buses as a result of a new $15 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The vehicles arrive as the district is in urgent need of full-time drivers.

DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) — With the help of federal funding, Durham Public Schools is set to receive 38 brand new electric school buses. “What I experienced riding here on that bus is a moment of zen,” Durham Mayor Leonardo Williams said. “And zen and school bus in the same sentence sounds weird, but we are making it happen.”

Durham Public Schools will soon receive 38 new electric school buses, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan announced at a press conference on Wednesday. It’s the EPA’s latest investment in North Carolina,

SALINE, MI – Saline Area Schools is adding three new electric buses to its fleet in a transition one district official said would result in “a significant savings” on fuel in future years. The $1.24-million purchase was OK’d by the Saline School Board on Tuesday,