Ridgewood schools stepping up green initiatives
DECEMBER 16, 2014 LAST UPDATED: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2014, 9:39 AM
BY JODI WEINBERGER
STAFF WRITER |
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
The Ridgewood Board of Education (BOE) this month joined with the municipality in furthering its mission to be Sustainable Jersey certified.
At a board meeting on Dec. 1, trustees voted to participate in Sustainable Jersey for Schools to focus attention on the environment and pursue initiatives toward certification.
The program pushes concepts like reduce, reuse, recycle; adhering to green building standards for construction and renovation; and encourages making eco-friendly purchases for things like paper, equipment and cleaning products.
In passing the resolution, the district will form a Sustainability Leadership Team of students and teachers to seek out opportunities for improvement in these areas.
Toward that goal, the board also passed another resolution to “reduce and reuse rather than recycle.”
What a bunch of liberal panzies. Just to make up for this, I’m going to but an F-350 Diesel and Roll Coal, BABY!
How about teachers seeking out opportunities to improve academics and move RW schools back into the top 10.
(I know that’s a radical suggestion, but I’d like to get back to actual excellence – rather than just having the “tradition” of excellence)