UPDATE ON TRACKS AND FIELDS RENOVATION
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The Fremont Union High School District, Lynbrook High School, and Real Goods Solar  “flipped the switch”  to activate the new solar electricity system at Lynbrook High School. The countdown began by passing the PROUD to use SOLAR sign from Doug Payne, Real Goods Solar; to Trixie Johnson, San Jose City Council 1991-98; to Linda LeZotte, San Jose City Council 1998-2006; to Homer Tong, Board of Trustees; to Nancy Newton, Board of Trustees; to Barbara Nunes, Board of Trustees; to Bill Wilson, Board of Trustees; to Polly Bove, Superintendent; to Gail Davidson, Lynbrook HS Principal; and then to LHS ASB President Hee-Yoon Choi who flipped the switch. . . the balloon arch lifted the sun balloon high above the student and staff choirs as they sang, "Let the Sunshine In!"

REVIEW OF SOLAR PROJECT
Construction of solar electric panel arrays began in June 2009 in the Cupertino, Homestead, and Lynbrook student parking lots.  All  three lots were striped and open on the first day of school. Sections of the parking lots will be closed as crews finish the installation of the solar panels. Staff parking lots at Homestead and Cupertino and student parking lots at Monta Vista and Fremont will follow in 2010. Once completed the solar system will generate over $1,000,000 in savings on the District’s electric bill and that number will grow every year as electricity rates escalate.

Analysis of the District Solar Electricity System

You may be wondering . . .
If the state budget and school funding are in trouble, why are we doing construction? And why, of all things, a parking lot?

Measure B is a SCHOOL BOND that voters approved in June 2008 for the Fremont Union High School District (Cupertino, Fremont, Homestead, Lynbrook Monta Vista High Schools). By law, a SCHOOL BOND may ONLY be spent on facilities and equipment — NOT for teacher salaries, textbooks or other operating expenses. We are using Measure B funds to install SOLAR PANELS in our parking lots and those panels will SAVE the District over $1,000,000 per year. Those savings can and WILL be used for teacher salaries and educational programs!

NOTE: The Cupertino Union School District passed its own “Measure B”
in May 2009 which is a PARCEL TAX for the elementary schools and
totally separate from our Measure B.

Solar project is underway in the student parking lots at Cupertino, Homestead
and Lynbrook High Schools. The steel shade structures are in place at
Lynbrook High School ready for the installation of the solar panels. The solar
foundation forms are ready for the concrete to be poured at Homestead High School.
At Cupertino High School crews are boring the 10’ holes for the
foundations that support the steel shade structures.