The Caldwell County school board approved the building and grounds form for the bus garage to install EV bus chargers after the district received a $2.37 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency in October of 2022 for the purchase of electric buses. The board approved the purchase of six electric buses at its November 2022 meeting.
At Monday night’s board meeting, Superintendent Dr. Jeremy Roach explained that this is the initial BG1 for the charging infrastructure at the bus garage for the electric buses, which will cost the district about $85,000.
click to download audioDr. Roach added the engineers and Princeton Electric Plant Board will be installing the EV bus chargers in the very back right corner of the bus garage. He said the Plant Board will be putting in a new transformer and connecting wires specifically for the EV infrastructure which will include three EV bus chargers — one for every two buses.
With a shortage of bus drivers in the school district as well as other districts in the region, the board also approved paying for all bus driver training fees. Dr. Roach explained the district is trying to reduce the burden on bus drivers they are trying to recruit.
click to download audioIn other action, the board unanimously approved a quote from RCARR for replacing the high school intercom system which Dr. Roach explained is the only system that has not been updated.
click to download audioIn other action, the board approved the first reading of an updated policy that was discussed during a special called working meeting last week that will add a senior student representative to the school board.
click to download audioAnd the board approved a KETS offer of assistance from the School Facilities Construction Commission in the amount of $15,963, along with the start and end times of the school days for the 2023-2024 school year which Dr. Roach noted there was no change.
