May 15, 2012 1:43 PM
The Hampton Bays Middle School was a sea of green on Friday morning as students, staff and local lawmakers came together to celebrate the school’s recent designation as a federal “Green Ribbon” building and to pledge to take their efforts even further with solar panels and wind energy.
At a pep rally held in the Ponquogue Avenue gymnasium on Friday, students—decked out in green—listened as Hampton Bays Schools Superintendent Lars Clemensen announced the administration’s intentions to place both solar panels and a wind farm on the roof of the middle school by 2013. He said it will cost approximately $10,000 to achieve both these goals, and the school has already begun planning fundraising efforts involving the community to make the proposal a reality.
“To continue reducing damage to the planet, by 2013,... more
At a pep rally held in the Ponquogue Avenue gymnasium on Friday, students—decked out in green—listened as Hampton Bays Schools Superintendent Lars Clemensen announced the administration’s intentions to place both solar panels and a wind farm on the roof of the middle school by 2013. He said it will cost approximately $10,000 to achieve both these goals, and the school has already begun planning fundraising efforts involving the community to make the proposal a reality.
“To continue reducing damage to the planet, by 2013,... more
