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Yellow school buses are going green with a $1 billion investment | US EPA funding will allow school districts to purchase electric and low-emission buses in c/climate@slrpnk.net

[–] kevin_alt2@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I agree with your conclusion but I think you have your numerator and denominator swapped.

$1,000,000,000 / 339,996,563 citizens = ~$2.94 / citizen

The Panama Canal is so clogged up that a shipping company paid $4 million to jump the line: report in c/news@lemmy.world

[–] kevin_alt2@lemmynsfw.com 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure we're talking about going around South America if we're talking about the Panama Canal...

Science says teens need more sleep. So why is it so hard to start school later? in c/news@lemmy.world

[–] kevin_alt2@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 10 months ago

In the school district that I live in (and where my kids attend school), elementary school starts earliest and middle/high school both start at roughly the same time.

I've found that this works really well since my youngest wakes up and is ready to go earliest anyways, I don't have to adjust my schedule because they're out of the house before I have to get to work and I would need after school care regardless. My older kids can more or less fend for themselves before school so I don't need to worry about them while I get to work before they leave.

If elementary school started at 9 like high school and middle school I'd have to organize care for my youngest both before and after school since I'd be working at both times.