Saturday, December 08, 2007

Benzie County School Board pushing Wind Energy for Schools

Benzie County Central Schools Board of Education will be addressing Wind Energy for Schools as an agenda topic at the February 11th, 2008, 7:30pm board meeting to be held at Benzie Central Middle School, 9300 Homestead Rd., Benzonia, MI. This is the first step in determining the feasibility of putting up windmills on school property. A brief presentation is planned, and your comments and participation are welcome.

Sustainability is not new to Benzie County Central Schools. For decades they have been selectively harvesting timber on their 150 acre high school campus using horse-drawn equipment, weaving it into the curriculum, and investing profits back into school programs and supplies, while preparing students for careers in forestry and conservation, check it out here: http://www.9and10news.com/category/story/?id=113261 .

Harvesting the wind is, for them, a natural next step.

For more information Contact Lynette Grimes, grimesl@benzieschools.net or Superintendent Dave Micinski micinskid@benzieschools.net , with questions,comments,ideas, support or encouragement- Please forward to those who you think will be interested. Meeting reminders will be sent out in February.

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