District committee and consultants outline path to 50% carbon-neutral operations by 2035

District officials and members of the Clean Energy Advisory Committee presented a recommendation and roadmap on Jan. 13 aimed at reaching the district's interim clean-energy targets, including a 50 percent carbon-neutral operations goal by Feb. 1, 2035.

The presentation, led by McKinstry consultants Scott Johnson and Ryan Hoth and introduced by Cale Polchinski, Green Bay Area Public School District chief operating officer, summarized a greenhouse-gas baseline, five strategy pillars (on-site solar, facility electrification, fleet electrification, facility improvements, and off-site carbon-free purchases) and immediate next steps for implementation.

Why it matters: the committee's work maps technical options to district facilities and budgets and seeks to align capital-planning decisions with the board's sustainability resolution. Board members and students on the committee said visible projects such as solar arrays would help public…