1. Green Schools Committee 2011 Annual Report

2. Objective Founded in 2007-08, the Green Schools Committee develops and recommends to the Board of Trustees policies to lighten the District's environmental footprint and integrate environmental education and student participation into school-wide environmental initiatives, including using partnerships with environmental education providers.

3. Climate Compact Agreement In April 2008, SCCS signed on to the Climate Action Compact in collaboration with UCSC, the City and County of Santa Cruz, and others SCCS agreed to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases and set up targets for further reductions SCCS will participate in the anticipated Climate Action Compact 2.0, targeted for early summer 2011

4. 2011 Members of the SCCS Green Schools Committee Cathlin Atchison-City of Santa Cruz Green Business Helayne Ballaban-teacher, GSCFT representative Stu Branoff-teacher Joanne Brown-teacher Josh Brown-AFE student Wes Chan-Soquel student Julia Davenport-Resource Cons. District Rep Stacey Falls-teacher Lynn Guenther-SPECTRA artist Cynthia Hawthorne-trustee Jesse Honig- SCHS student Mary Anne James-curriculum Jeanne LePage-Ecology Action Sue Lisin-parent Derek Mather-AFE student Marcia Mather-parent Bill Maxfield-parent and SCEF Chelsea McDaniel-UCSC Alvaro Meza-Asst. Superintendent Bill Philipps-SCCCE representative Ana Maria Rebelo-SC County Mary Simmons-City of Santa Cruz Steve Trujillo-trustee Kristin Van Kley-SC Museum of Natural History Megan Veach-Soquel student Ken Wagman-trustee

5. Green Purchasing Copy paper is 30% post consumer recycled Toilet paper 100% recycled Paper towel rolls 100% recycled Certified green floor stripper (non-butyl) Certified green glass cleaner File storage boxes are 65% recycled material Multi-fold towel 100% recycled Facial tissue 100% recycled Toilet seat liners 100% recycled (40% post consumer use)

6. Converting Sunlight Into Electricity Santa Cruz High School

7. Converting Sunlight into Electricity Soquel High School

8. Soquel High School

9. Financial Rewards of Going Green Overall, the District saved $154k from 2008-09 to 2009-10. Represents almost 12% reduction in utilities Solar panels generated about $90k to $100k worth of electricity

10. Boltage A system to encourage students to walk or bike to school safely Measures savings in greenhouse gases In collaboration with Ecology Action, it was installed at Gault in 2010 to allow students to track their own personal environmental impact and teachers to track the impact of a class and do lessons with the data In collaboration with Ecology Action, a grant was written to install it at DeLaveaga in 2011. It will also include a safety component, especially important with Highway 1 construction disrupting some regular routes

11. Curriculum for 2011-2012 At Santa Cruz High School, the AP Environmental Studies course will debut and will cover many “green” topics Pending grant funding to cover expenses, 5th graders will once again have the opportunity to participate in the Green Schools Watershed Program. This state- recognized program includes teacher training, field trips to Loch Lomond reservoir, and water quality monitoring activities on the San Lorenzo River.

12. Future Projects Pending Board approval, the main project for 2011-2012 will be to get each district site certified as a Green School site Much of the preliminary work has been already done in other years SCCS would be the first district in the county to be green certified Going to green cleaning products district-wide The student subcommittee will meet in May to plan for projects that can be started early next school year