Superintendent Alberto Carvalho announced at a recent school board meeting that the district is applying for federal grant money to begin converting its noisy, pollutant-belching diesel buses into an electric fleet. This comes after a middle school student used her science fair project to convince the school board that this switch was necessary. This is a huge victory for students and parents who have been pushing for M-DCPS to implement more environmental sustainable practices district-wide.
Michele Drucker, the environmental chair for Miami-Dade County PTSA Council told the Miami Herald “Students know they will be faced with the dire consequences of climate change and they are the ones motivating the district to feel a sense of urgency and care about becoming the greenest, leanest, most innovative, and most equitable school system it can be."
