Complaints have snowballed into questions about whether the district illegally allowed Schneider Electricity to scope, design and construct energy-efficient improvement.
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Science teacher Heather Farrell, who was instrumental in the classroom s realization, teaches a demo lesson on an 86 touchscreen TV. (Conejo Valley Unified School District)
The Sustainable Outdoor Learning Environment is a 30 x30 space featuring a solar panel roof, rubberized floors, movable furniture, and more. (Conejo Valley Unified School District)
THOUSAND OAKS, CA As the weather gets nicer and students return to the classrooms, there s a lot of talk about outdoor classes to mitigate potential COVID risks.
This week, Thousand Oaks High School took outdoor learning to an entirely new stratosphere.
On Wednesday, the school hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for its Sustainable Outdoor Learning Environment, a first-of-its-kind outdoor classroom featuring a solar rooftop and battery powering the classroom; an 86 touchscreen TV; LED lighting, energy efficient fans, and an assortment of chairs, stools, and ottomans designed to be ea
/ The SOLE outdoor teaching space is solar powered, and uses a storage battery to operate completely off the power grid
Solar panels and storage batteries allow the space to operate completely off the grid.
Thousand Oaks High School Science Teacher Heather Ferrell is standing in front of an electronic version of what for many years was a chalkboard. Farrell is in the high school’s newest classroom. But, it really isn’t a room.
It’s a cutting edge, one of a kind solar powered, off the grid sustainable outdoor teaching space.
Marc Starkey is a Program Manager for Schneider Electric. The sustainable energy company built the class area, which is known as “SOLE.”