County Council Staffer Essie McGuire Approved Electric School Bus Scheme for @mcps When She was @mcps Associate Superintendent in 2021

Here is the link to the February 2021, Montgomery County Board of Education Contract Approval for the HET MCPS, LLC. electric school bus scheme.  

HET MCPS, LLC. was not awarded the contract through the RFP process, a company called Highland Electric Transportation was awarded the contract.  Somehow MCPS switched companies, and the Board of Education approved a contract with a company that had not participated in the bidding process.  

At the bottom of the 3rd page of the Contract Approval are the initials of the MCPS administrators who approved the Resolution submitted to the Board of Education. 

Jack R. Smith, Superintendent

Monifa B. McKnight, Deputy/Acting Superintendent

Derek G. Turner, Chief

Essie McGuire, Associate Superintendent of Operations

Eugenia S. Dawson. Director

Todd M. Watkins, Director Department of Transporation 

Monifa McKnight and Essie McGuire presented the Resolution to the Board of Education on February 21, 2021. 

Watch the video below.  Listen to Ms. McGuire sell the electric bus scheme to the Board of Education.  

Ms. McGuire, "very excited to bring this forward today..."

"...ongoing effort with legal department, budget office, transportation office..."

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/BYJNVV6118CC/$file/ADOPTED Cont Apprv RFP 9462.1 Electrification Sch Buses.pdf