RESTRICTIONS. BUT SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY...THE DISTRICT IS PREPARED TO GO HYBRID -- IF NEEDED. SOME KIDS HEADING BACK TO SCHOOL IN VERMONT THIS WEEK MIGHT BE HOPPING ON A BRAND NEW SET OF BUSSES. NBC5'S SID BEWLAY IS LIVE AT SOUTH BURLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE SOME STUDENTS TOOK ELECTRIC BUSSES TO THEIR THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS. WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, THE BUS I REMEMBER WAS LOUD AND SMELLED LIKE GASOLINE. BUT -- THAT'S NOT THE CASE ANYMORE FOR SOME STUDENTS HERE IN SOUTH BURLINGTON. 6041 09;37;37;09 TO 09;37;45;02 <PAT BURKE, PRINCIPAL SBHS; "FIRST ONE CAME THROUGH THIS MORNING AND WE'RE LIKE OH! IT SOUNDS LIKE A GOLF CART. YOU KNOW IT'S REALLY - I'M OUT HERE EVERY MORNING AND LESS FUMES THE BETTER I SUPPOSE."> NEW ALL- ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES ARE POPPING UP ACROSS VERMONT. (Nathit of bus here?) THE SOUTH BURLINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ROLLING OUT 4 ELECTRIC ONES THIS YEAR. 6036 09;31;53;29 to 09;32;05;18 <SID BEWLAY, NBC5 NEWS; "IF YOU'VE SEEN THESE BUSSES DRIVING AROUND SOUTH BURLINGTON, WITH THIS BLUE BUMPER, THESE ARE SOME OF THE NEW ELECTRIC VEHICLE BUSSES. THEY'RE COMPLETELY SILENT, AND IN FACT THIS BUS IS ON RIGHT NOW, TAKE A LISTEN."> THE BUSSES WERE FUNDED IN PART, BY GREEN MOUNTAIN POWER. G-M-P SAYS THEY'RE EXPECTED TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS EQUAL TO GETTING OVER NINE-HUNDRED GAS POWERED CARS OFF THE ROAD. <NAT POP -- BUS DRIVING (IT'S OK IF IT'S QUIET, THAT'S THE POINT OF THE BUS)> G-M-P SAYS THAT'S NOT THE ONLY BENEFIT. THE BUSES GENERATE POWER WHEN THEY'RE DRIVING AROUND, WHICH CAN BE ADDED DURING TIMES OF PEAK DEMAND. 6030 09;17;22;14 to 09;17;37;18 <KRISTIN CARLSON, GREEN MOUNTAIN POWER; "THESE SCHOOL BUSSES WILL ACT LIKE A BATTERY, SO ON THOSE DAYS WHEN PEOPLE ARE USING A LOT OF ENERGY, WE'RE ABLE TO USE THOSE BUSSES LIKE A BATTERY, PUT THAT POWER BACK ON THE GRID, WHICH THEN CUTS CARBON AND COST AND CREATES A STRONGER GRID FOR ALL OF VERMONT."> ONE OF THE BUS DRIVERS SAYS HE LIKES THE NEW RIDE. 6033 09;25;30;11 to 09;25;40;00 <SEAN MCKENZIE, SCHOOL BUS DRIVER; "IT'S A LOT QUIETER. IT TOOK A LITTLE GETTING USED TO DRIVING IT, IT DRIVES A BIT DIFFERENT FROM A DIESEL BUS, BUT NOT TOO MUCH DIFFERENCE."> SOUTH BURLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL'S PRINCIPLE SAYS, HE'S THRILLED THE DISTRICT IS LEADING BY EXAMPLE WHEN IT COMES TO GREEN INITIATIVES. 6041 09;38;44;10 TO 09;38;55;18 <PAT BURKE, PRINCIPAL SBHS; "A BUS THAT DROPS OFF 60 STUDENTS HELPS GET TRAFFIC OFF THE ROADS, HELPS KEEPS THINGS MOVING THROUGH THE BUSIEST INTERSECTION IN VERMONT, RIGHT HERE IN SOUTH BURLINGTON."> BURKE SAYS WHILE THEY WANT TO SEE MORE STUDENTS WALKING OR RIDING BIKES TO SCHOOL TOO, HE'S HAPPY TO HELP CREATE GREEN MEMORIES FOR STUDENTS. 6041 09;38;07;26 to 09;37;21;01 <PAT BURKE, PRINCIPAL SBHS; "YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY REMEMBERS GETTING ON THE SCHOOL BUS AND SO EVERY STUDENT HAVING THAT EXPERIENCE, I THINK IS FANTASTIC."> IN JUST A FEW HOURS, TWO STUDENTS OFF FOR THEIR FIRST DAY OF THE YEAR. GETTING ONE STEP CLOSER TO A WORLD WHERE ALL SCHO