The Governing Board believes it to be our
responsibility to ensure that every effort is made to conserve energy and
natural resources while exercising sound financial management. The implementation of this policy is the joint
responsibility of the administrators, teachers, students, and support personnel,
and its success is based on cooperation at all levels.
The District will maintain records of energy
consumption and cost of energy and will provide information on the goals and
progress of the energy conservation program.
The principals will be accountable for energy
management on their respective campuses, with annual energy audits being
conducted and conservation program outlines being updated. Judicious use
of the various energy systems of each campus will be the joint responsibility of
the principal and custodian to ensure that an efficient energy posture is
maintained on an ongoing basis.
Curriculum will be developed to help ensure that
students will participate in the energy management program in the District as
"energy savers".
The Governing Board directs the Superintendent
and/or designees to develop short and long-range strategies in the areas of
facilities management and curriculum development dealing with energy awareness
and conservation. Specific areas of emphasis
include, but may not be limited to the following:
~ Every student and
employee will be expected to contribute to energy efficiency in the
District. Every person will be expected to be an "energy saver"
as well as an "energy consumer."
~ All unnecessary lighting in unoccupied areas will be
turned off. All lights will be turned off when students and teachers leave
school. Custodians will turn on lights only in the areas in which they are
working.
~ No school thermostat will be set higher than 72
degrees in the winter and lower than 78 degrees in the summer.
~ The evening custodian at each school will be
responsible for a complete and total shutdown of the facility when it is closed
each evening.
Adopted: December 5, 1995
