A $9.6 million grant will pay for electric school buses, electric bikes, food delivery trucks, golf carts and other emission-free equipment in an effort to improve air quality for schools in southeastern San Diego.
The grant will pay for 13 electric school buses, four of which are already in use, as well as an electric van, vehicle charging stations, and several electric landscaping tools such as lawn mowers and trimmers. The grant will also pay for electric bikes that some high school students and school staff can use to commute to school.
The Chollas View neighborhood near Lincoln High School has some of the worst air quality in San Diego County. Chollas View, which includes Lincoln’s feeder school Millennial Tech Middle, scored in the 91 percentile for pollution.