Friday, April 30, 2010

Environmental management at WPS

environmental management system for the WPS
Brian Allen and Jim Bedard (Facilities at Tech) co-chairing committee
"to move beyond compilance and think of new ways of operations"
new ways of purchasing, disposal, cleaning
oldest school was built in 1879 (triva question: which one was it?)
average age of 67
Concerns across the WPS

chem & bio labs, art, vo-tech
cleaning and building maintenance
buses, cafeteria
energy, heating, cooling, water
"purchasing fewer products or having fewer products that require compilance"
identify, assess, control, and reduce environmental impact of its activities, products, or services


who has what impact on the enviroment, prevent address that impact, stay out of trouble, save money, and feel good over a long period of time


Plan--->Do---->Check--->Act "exactly what teachers do"
district-wide issues: 4 management programs for asbestos, hazardous materials, hazardous waste, and emergency response
EMS has to be in place by July 1 (including manual and management programs)

use of the Healthy Schools Checklist


Monfredo asks how this will be shared with the schools? A full rollout
Allen: first focusing on districtwide activities, then on individual schools


Foley: "what is in essence a punitive action...taking it two, three, four steps forward...something forced upon us at first and making" it an opportunity

1 comment:

T-Traveler said...

do the schools have a water conservation program? how about setting up a drip line at the water dept to report water leaks in the schools, since it is at the rate payers expense.

Maybe the water dept could fund updated technology in the schools(ie plumbing and fixtures) becasue ultimately it is the rate payers who assume the water costs of teh schools