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.”

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,