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Clean Mobility in Schools Pilot Project

San Diego Unified School District | Lincoln High School Clean Mobility in Schools Pilot Project

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May 2020 - June 2023

Project Details

The Lincoln High School Clean Mobility in Schools Pilot Project (Pilot) takes place in the San Diego Unified School District. The Pilot creates transformative emissions reduction strategies for school transportation options and improves air quality. The Pilot benefits the entire Lincoln Cluster of schools that includes the high school and its 13 surrounding elementary and middle schools.  The goal is to increase the visibility of and access to zero-emission transportation options by placing commercially available zero-emission technologies and supporting charging infrastructure in the school. The program will also benefit the Lincoln High School’s feeder elementary and middle schools located within the area. The project includes: battery electric food delivery vehicles; a variety of zero-emission landscape and custodial equipment; zero-emission vehicles; battery electric school buses with managed charging stations; a robust public education effort to support behavior changes for students, parents, and staff; electric bicycle sharing projects for senior students and teachers; and a replicable template for other districts to use for implementing similar projects.

Funding Details

Grant Amount: $9,775,349   

Resource Contributions: $176,600

Project Total: $9,951,549 

By the Numbers

Services, Vehicles & Equipment Funded

  • 13 Electric school buses with managed charging stations and vehicle-to-grid capability
  • 9 Community partner organizations and nonprofits working to make the program a success
  • 2 Electric vehicles for staff carsharing and vanpooling for school-sponsored activities
  • 2 Electric bike-sharing programs for high school staff and students
  • 1 Electric food delivery truck for the student food delivery program
  • 1 Electric community event RV for safety officers to provide safety programs 
  • 1 Battery storage unit to feed the electric buses
  • 1 Robust public education and outreach effort
  • 1 Workforce training program for high school and college students
  • A variety of zero-emission landscape and custodial equipment like lawnmowers and power washers, as well as electric maintenance and crew vehicles

Estimated Quantifiable Benefits

  • GHG emission reductions: 4,684 MTCO2e
  • Diesel PM reductions: 31 lbs
  • NOx reductions: 104,920 lbs
  • PM2.5 reductions: 166 lbs
  • ROG reductions: 2,388 lbs
  • Travel cost savings: $35,000
  • Direct jobs: 30
  • Indirect jobs: 13
  • Induced jobs: 21

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Side view of electric school bus Closeup of CCI logo on electric bus 

Community Details

The San Diego Unified School District’s Lincoln High School is located within a disadvantaged community near the Port of San Diego, an area with San Diego County’s worst air quality. The minority student population is 99 percent, 76 percent higher than the state average.

Community Benefits

The Lincoln High School Clean Mobility in Schools Pilot Project will increase the visibility of and access to zero-emission transportation. It replaces diesel school buses with zero-emission buses, as well as gasoline vehicles and equipment with zero-emssion options. The Pilot is not only transformational in reducing emissions and galvanizing a community, but it will increase student attendance by providing new exciting programs focused on innovation. It will also benefit Lincoln High School’s feeder elementary and middle schools, located within this disadvantaged community. 

Outreach & Engagement Strategies

  • Culturally appropriate education materials 
  • Materials in English and Spanish
  • Web-based materials 
  • Social media
  • Public meetings
  • Surveys
  • Zero-emission vehicle workforce training to high school and college students
  • Community workshops
  • Community event attendance

Target Populations

  • Students in grades K-12
  • Parents 
  • District staff 
  • Community members
  • Low-income
  • English learners
  • Non-English speakers

Partnership Structure

Grantee

San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) is a K-12 school district. It is the second largest school district in California with an enrollment of 117,000 students. Project implementation through the SDUSD will provide a format to introduce equity and climate goals in other high schools throughout California.

Project Partners

Contacts

Gene Robinson | SDUSD