SAU 35 Superintendent Kate Segal called out Profile School Board Chair Kim Koprowski for failing to follow board policy at the Dec. 21, 2023 board meeting. (File Photo)
Profile School goes remote after winter break
March 03, 2021BETHLEHEM Under its advisory committee s recommendation, the Profile School Board opted for two weeks of remote learning following last week s winter break. Principal Kerry Sheehan said the preventative action would not only decrease potential virus transmission but associated stigma as well. It wasn t in our plan to close after February break, but survey findings from students and staff indicated a lot of anxiety around vacation travel. Many people traveled north from Rhode Island and Massachusetts and some Profile families were also leaving the area. We wanted to make sure that we had equity in education, stated the principal.
Tax abatement approved for Bethlehem solar array
December 20, 2020BETHLEHEM The Bethlehem Select Board approved a $720,000 tax abatement request for a solar array at the Profile School at last week s public meeting. The approval comes one year after the Ammonoosuc Regional Energy Team (ARET) first presented the idea of an array to the Profile School Board.
The proposed PPA (Purchase Power Agreement), approved 91-6 by voters at the school s annual meeting in June, allows Profile to lease land to Barrington Power. In turn, the energy company sells electricity back to the school at a discounted rate.
Through such a funding model, the solar equipment is owned and maintained by the energy company, and the proposed agreement has a twenty-five-year life span with the option to purchase at year five. After five years, the school has the option to buy the array from Barrington Energy at a fraction of the installation cost. PPAs are quite common in the solar industry, and there are numer