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The bus, which was even repainted, is full of ed tech and STEM equipment and spends one week at each elementary school chosen through a lottery process before moving to the next one.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>In addition to the STEM lab on wheels, the district also has a resource library with many of the same STEM tools that can be checked out and brought to schools. The program is designed to expose minorities to magnet school opportunities and interest girls in STEM.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Everything can be recycled, even buses. Or so proves this old bus in Baltimore County, Maryland that has been repurposed to give K-5 students a chance to build robots, use 3D printers and even fly drones. The bus, which was even repainted, is full of ed tech and STEM equipment and spends one week at each elementary school chosen through a lottery process before moving to the next one.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>This is not the first instance where a bus has been modified for such purposes.&nbsp; Coachella Valley Unified School District \u2014 which is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/show\/wi-fi-enabled-school-buses-leave-no-child-offline\">second poorest district<\/a> in the country \u2014 in 2016 converted eight school buses into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/article\/3062018\/school-district-repurposes-buses-as-wi-fi-hotspots.html\">built-out mobile hotspots<\/a> driven to the district\u2019s poorest neighbourhoods, allowing students to access WiFi within a 100-yard radius.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>In Colorado, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.educationdive.com\/news\/mobile-preschools-deliver-early-childhood-lessons-to-underserved-areas\/542276\/\">four mobile preschool programs <\/a>are operating out of re-purposed buses to deliver early-childhood learning to low-income areas. In some other districts, former school buses even serve as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.educationdive.com\/news\/school-bus-conversions-can-create-new-space-for-special-projects\/515868\/\">travelling cafes<\/a> that deliver food to students in the summer.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>It is not just buses that are being reused. Old computers are given a new life through <a href=\"https:\/\/districtadministration.com\/repurposing-computers-for-k12\/\">Towson University\u2019s Educyle<\/a> program. Here, the high school interns clean, run diagnostics and redistribute the old computers to local school districts\u2019 student labs. The districts then install new software and operating systems. 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