Henrico Schools earns federal grant for environmental bus

Henrico County Public Schools has received a 0,000 federal grant to help it purchase a new electric school bus that will be transformed into a mobile classroom for environmental education. The "Green Wheels for Bright Minds Ecobus," is designed to be used for immersive environmental educational experiences for students at 21 Title I elementary schools in Henrico that have high numbers of students from low-income families. "Environmental and science education has never been more important, and this project will help provide deeper learning experiences to schools and communities that don’t always have those resources," said Amy Cashwell, HCPS superintendent, in...

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