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PGCPS sustainability office summarizes Climate Action Plan progress: LEED standard, grants, electric bus pilots
Summary
The district’s Department of Sustainability and Resiliency reported early progress on curriculum, building standards and pilot projects — including LEED‑silver minimum design for new construction, federal and state awards for electric buses and a pilot composting program — while noting funding uncertainty for some incentives and partner programs
Dorothy Morrison, director of the Department of Sustainability and Resiliency, told the Operations, Budget and Fiscal Affairs Committee on June 18 that the district is continuing implementation of its Climate Change Action Plan with work on curriculum, building standards, renewable energy and transportation pilots.
“We are a small department with a mighty mission,” Morrison said, describing the office’s role in curriculum audits, teacher training and student engagement around climate education. She said the department helped develop the Climate Action Plan in 2021; the Board of Education adopted it in April 2022 and the department was established in October 2023 to carry…
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