Archive for the 'August 2008' Category

ENERGY CONSERVATION AND SCHOOL BUS TRANSPORTION

Crowded classrooms, outdated textbooks and technology, mounting deficits, and mass staff layoffs are second in importance to consolidating current bus routes for district schools to save fuel.  School districts around the country are facing the same struggling economy and less yearly fiscal budget.   State budgets continue to decline.  No Child Left Behind Act is becoming increasing [...]

South Plantation High wins 3rd Place with Solar Car

July 29, 2008 – The Sun-Sentinel reported that South Plantation High won third prize in the Texas Dell-Winston School Solar Car Challenge..  It took 13 students 6 months to build the 3-wheel car that used 6 solar panels.  Next year the school will enter a road race from Texas to Colorado with a new car.