Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, January 10, 1995 TAG: 9501100057
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: PAUL DELLINGER STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: PULASKI LENGTH: Medium
The School Board will hear about the Honeywell course, all part of its energy-saving program for the county's school buildings and facilities, at its 7 p.m. meeting Thursday at the School Board office building.
The School Board will also get some details about a $1,500 grant to Newbern Elementary School from the C.E. Richardson Benevolent Foundation to support a program familiarizing Newbern students with their Appalachian heritage.
Members of the Virginia Mountain Craft Guild will teach students about crafts associated with the Appalachian region and provide hands-on crafts work with a local potter.
The total cost of the program will be about $5,500.
The balance will be sought from the school's PTA and the Newbern community.
Materials for the energy-saving program will be distributed to teachers this month and discussed in elementary grade-level meetings Jan. 25.
Julie Doyle, Honeywell's schools and colleges representative, is scheduled to attend to answer questions on the program and provide teachers with further information about it.
Various units of the program will be started in elementary schools between mid-February and the first week in April.
The idea is not only to teach youngsters about energy, but transfer that knowledge into life-long energy-saving behavior and habits.
It will also inform students about the technological changes made at their schools under the Honeywell program to save energy.
The board will also consider seeking a waiver from the state allowing Pulaski County to open schools in the fall before Labor Day.
Based on the number of school days lost to weather in recent years, the county qualifies for a waiver if it decides to seek one.
by CNB