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Slenk: Modesto City Schools placed the largest US electric bus order

Yesh Pavlik Slenk · Degrees: The fastest electric vehicle fleet makeover in the West · May 30, 2023 · at 24:10

Host Yesh Pavlik Slenk discusses sustainability leader Gilbert Bluefeather Rosas's fleet transition work at Modesto City School District in California.

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“At his new job with Modesto City School District, he's ordered the largest ever single order for electric school buses in the country.”

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The claim, plainly

Gilbert Bluefeather Rosas placed the largest single order for electric school buses in the United States at Modesto City School District.

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Assessment

The claim states that Gilbert Bluefeather Rosas placed the largest single order for electric school buses in the United States at Modesto City School District. While Modesto City Schools approved a procurement of 30 Blue Bird electric school buses in early 2022 (championed by Rosas as then-Director II of Sustainability & Adaptation), this was not the largest single order in the country. Blue Bird Corporation announced the 30-bus purchase as the largest single order from a school district specifically in Blue Bird's corporate history. Across the United States, larger school district procurements had already occurred prior to 2022, notably Montgomery County Public Schools (Maryland) contracting for 326 electric school buses in February 2021.

In January–March 2022, Modesto City Schools ordered 30 Type D electric school buses from Blue Bird Corporation.
Blue Bird Corporation's March 29, 2022 press release specified the purchase was the largest single order in Blue Bird's history, not across the entire U.S. school bus market.
In February 2021, Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland approved a contract for 326 electric school buses, which stood as the largest single procurement by a U.S. school district.

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[1] mcs4kids.com [2] mobilityhouse.com [3] stnonline.com [4] blue-bird.com [5] cbsnews.com [6] abc10.com [7] mcs4kids.com [8] mcs4kids.com

"Montgomery County Public Schools" 326 electric school buses 2021 Gilbert Rosas Modesto City Schools electric buses Modesto City Schools electric school buses 30 largest single order Modesto City Schools 30 electric buses Blue Bird largest electric school bus order school district United States prior to 2023

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