Re. “School districts in Memphis and beyond would benefit by going to all-electric bus fleet” by Isabel Gonzalez Whitaker, Sept. 3 (online) and Sept. 8 (print).
Ms. Whitaker’s assertion that electric school buses deserve an A-plus grade leaves out several important facts about propane school buses.
For example, there’s the cost of the bus itself — propane buses cost roughly a third of their electric counterparts, which is challenging enough for school districts battling tight budgets…