Emerald Salinas

The San Marcos school system is exploring whether to buy some new buses -- buses that would be more environmentally friendly. Emerald Salinas has the story.

The San Marcos C-I-S-D has six elementary schools, two middle schools and a newly renovated high school. During the school year, thousands of students are transported to and from school every day. The school system's Director of Transportation, Carter Hutson, says the school district spends 16-thousand-dollars each week on fuel costs to transport the students.
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A partnership involving groups from San Marcos, Austin and San Antonio wants to encourage the adoption of electric and compressed natural gas vehicles in Central Texas in hopes of improving the region's air quality. Although Hutson says the school district has decided NOT to accept a grant offered by the state, it plans to move forward.
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[Your closing -- deleted here -- was more opinion than fact. Inserting the word "beloved" erased any semblance of detachment. Close your story instead with a timetable -- when will this new fleet of buses hit the streets, for example. What will the buses cost, relative to older models.]
For Bobcat Update, I'm Emerald Salinas.