Testimonial: Ferndale School District
Durring the summer of 2006 the Ferndale School District began a B99 (99% biodiesel & 1% petroleum diesel) pilot project in some of our bus routes. At the conclusion of the 2006 summer session we switched our entire fleet over to B20 (20% biodiesel & 80% petroleum diesel). This decision to switch the entire fleet to B20 was based on our favorable experience with B99.
The current school year has had some extremely unusual weather and even though our temperatures have reached into the low teens we have had no problems with the B20 blend. Ferndale School District has received many positive comments from the community in regards to the cleaner exhaust from our bus fleet. In the future we plan to continue our commitment to safer transportation for our students, and B20 is just one area we will pursue.
Darrell Clute
Transportation Director
Ferndale School District #502
(360) 383.9238
dclute@ferndale.wednet.edu
