AURORA, Ill. (WLS) -- West Aurora School District 129's motto is "go big or go home." While some school districts have brought in one or two electric buses on as an experiment, West Aurora has brought ...

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The district partnered with Highland Electric Fleets, North America's leading provider of Electrification-as-a-Service (EaaS), to support the transition. Highland managed vehicle procurement, charger ...

AURORA, Ill., Nov. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- West Aurora School District 129 (SD129) today introduced 27 all-electric Blue Bird school buses, now the largest electric school bus fleet operating in the ...

Some new yellow school buses in west suburban Aurora are all green after the school district unveiled a new fleet of electric school buses and charging stations. "We're learning these buses as we go," ...

Luther Sommerville, 66, of Aurora has been driving school buses for 18 years. This is his fifth year as a driver for West Aurora School District 129. But, this school year, one thing about his job is ...