PGCPS says climate plan is largely underway; district cites $10–15M in grants, expands electric buses and solar

Prince George’s County Public Schools officials told the Board of Education on April 16 that the district has made substantial progress implementing its Climate Change Action Plan, highlighting grant-funded projects, energy-efficiency measures and an expanding electric bus program.

Dorothy Morrison, director of the Department of Sustainability and Resilience, said the district has ‘‘touched on about 48 of the 58 action items, so roughly about 83% of them,’’ and described quarterly implementation reporting and performance indicators embedded in the district’s strategic plan. Morrison said the department has secured ‘‘capital for projects in the neighborhood of about 10 to 15,000,000 dollars in grants’’ over the past two and a half years to support the work.

Morrison and program managers described a portfolio of facility and transportation projects the district says will lower operating costs and greenhouse-gas emissions. Program manager Sheila Stevens described more…