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Chula Vista Elementary trustee pushes for air-conditioned school buses as heat returns
Trustee Delia Dominguez Cervantes held a news conference Wednesday before the board met. The district says it already provides air-conditioned buses for medically fragile students, plus water and cooling areas for drivers.
A Chula Vista Elementary School District trustee is pressing the district to add air conditioning to its school buses. Trustee Delia Dominguez Cervantes held a news conference Wednesday, Oct. 14, ahead of that evening's board meeting.
Bus driver Sarah Ramos had warned the board on Sept. 9 about dangerous temperatures inside buses, according to KPBS and 10News. Many of the district's buses do not have air conditioning.
The district said it provides air-conditioned buses for medically fragile students, as well as water and cooling areas for drivers. It also questioned an earlier vote by Dominguez Cervantes, who is up for re-election, against a bus purchase; KPBS and 10News describe that March proposal differently.
The renewed push comes as a Heat Advisory covers coastal San Diego County through Saturday.
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