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A Magic School Bus? At Downingtown they call it the Innovation Lab

Slated for an official ribbon cutting on Thursday, the 40-foot Mobile Innovation Lab will visit all 10 elementary schools in the Chester County district during the school year – a novel way to introduce Downingtown kids to state-of-the-art experiments in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) without building new classrooms.

First grade students depart the Mobile Innovation Lab, a converted school bus, at East Ward Elementary School in Downingtown.
First grade students depart the Mobile Innovation Lab, a converted school bus, at East Ward Elementary School in Downingtown.Read moreBob Williams/For the Inquirer