Wichita Falls ISD showed off the district's new STEAM Machine before a recent School Board meeting.

The mobile learning lab is a school bus repurposed by Ruben's House of Classics. The locally owned business turned a 2005 unused student activities bus into a Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics Machine. Trimmer Opener

The colorful STEAM Machine combines STEM with the arts for more creativity and flexibility. It will allow students access to programs their campuses may not have.

Associate Superintendent Peter Griffiths has said it will be like a mobile field trip for WFISD students.

Kids will be able to learn about everything from drones, to coding, the arts and other subjects. The project is aimed at elementary and middle-school children.

Superintendent Donny Lee has said the STEAM Machine will help make education accessible to children during the summer and help prevent the "summer slide."

Funding for the project includes a $40,000 West Foundation grant and about $39,000 in federal dollars.

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