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Student sustainability committee and county office present facilities audit, outline electrification and waste priorities
Summary
Students from the newly formed Jefferson Union Sustainability Committee reported accomplishments and goals; San Mateo County Office of Education presented a district facilities audit that highlighted aging gas appliances, existing solar arrays and near-term regulatory deadlines for building electrification.
A student-led sustainability committee and county education staff presented an update to the Jefferson Union High School District Board of Trustees on the committee’s first-year work and a county-compiled green facilities data report.
The presentation mattered because students are helping implement board-adopted Green School Operations policy and the county report identifies specific facilities changes — including replacing aging gas-fired rooftop units and water heaters — that could reduce the district’s greenhouse-gas footprint and prepare campuses for upcoming regional rules on combustion appliances.
Tina Van Rapport, deputy superintendent (introducing the students and the county presentation), said the committee was created after a board adoption of a green operations policy and described the group as “tasked with…
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