EV school buses coming to Reardan-Edwall

OLYMPIA – With cold weather and long distances, Eastern Washington would seem an unlikely region to find school district officials excited about electric buses.

But Reardan-Edwall School District Transportation Director Mike McCain is looking forward to the experiment.

“If it doesn’t work, we can always park it,” McCain said.

His district’s two electric school buses are still in production and scheduled for a March delivery. The district has also ordered one new diesel bus.

“We’ll be able to compare maintenance and operating costs side-by-side,” he said.

“Parking it” from about Nov. 1 to March...