Teen Convinces Florida District to Switch to Electric School Buses
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Posted by Speakeasy News > Monday 22 March 2021 > In the News Shine Bright Lycée
A middle-school student from Florida used a science-fair project to convince the Miami-Dade School District to begin converting its fleet of school buses over to electric. Eighth-grader Holly Thorpe measured CO2 levels inside the diesel school buses and her alarming results convinced the district to make the switch. The yellow school bus is a classic … Continue reading “Teen Convinces Florida District to Switch to Electric School Buses”