The District 205 school board was given a breakdown of its electricity expenses since the approval of the solar energy agreement and the renovation work at buildings around the district. Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Operation Jennifer Hamm told the board the district is seeing a savings of $79,772.83. These savings have been seen even after several buildings saw significant expansions from the district-wide building renovation project and the addition of air conditioning at King Elementary. Superintendent Dr. John Asplund told the board that the district is looking at other avenues to expand on solar energy. "We're in the preliminary stages but I'm talking to two different companies," Asplund said Monday night. "I want to see the feasibility of buying it rather than doing the PPA, the power purchase agreement. There are a lot of factors that go into that and we'll have to see how long our appetite is for payback on that. Obviously over time, i