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On Tuesday, the board discussed a plan to restructure school hours for the 2023-24 school year to allow for more efficient use of resources and to more closely align with the science of adolescent sleep needs.
Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools gets 4 electric buses from Dominion Energy
The new electric buses are also supposed to cut back on carbon dioxide emissions, and have better inside air quality for the students who ride them to school.
Credit: leekris - stock.adobe.com Author: 13News Now Staff Updated: 11:16 AM EDT June 4, 2021
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools is adding four new buses to its 160-vehicle fleet; but these new ones are special.
The school division bought the new electric buses from Dominion Energy for the same price as their diesel counterparts.
Its part of the company s electric school bus deployment program. Dominion s website said the program aimed to distribute 50 electric school buses by early 2021, and each bus could cut back significantly on carbon dioxide emissions.