E-mail and two-sided copies are used to reduce the amount of paper used. Overhead projectors and whiteboards are used instead of paper whenever practical. Substitute requests, office referrals, tardy referrals, transportation requests, etc. are all available on the district’s intranet to use in electronic format. Memos are almost exclusively electronic.

The publications classes went to digital photography in 2004, doing away with approximately $1500 worth of film and chemicals used for developing. By using a local company for publishing, we have reduced our waste in paper, CD’s and supplies, thus saving the district about $400.00 per year – half of which is in postage fees.

The maintenance department salvages and reuses working parts for repair work. It is common that they use salvaged building materials in replacement and construction throughout the district.  

Composting by itself removes over a third of a cubic yard of waste each day from our Junior/Senior high campus. The cafeteria switched to compostable containers in an effort to reduce waste – regardless of a higher cost.