School offers paper-free handouts
One PA elementary school is going green and saving green by skimping on paper.
One school is doing just that. Liberty Elementary, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's largest elementary school, is now using the web to send information to parents that would otherwise have gone home on paper. The school built a website through a platform that allows users to create free sites.
Of the school's 520 students, less than 10% opted to receive paper handouts, either because they prefer that form or more likely because they don't have Internet access at home. And important info like report cards still get sent home on paper. But still, the school's paper reduction has not only helped to eliminate waste, it's also saving the school a fortune in paper costs....$1,521 this year according to Liberty Principal Tanja Pederson.
With such great money and planet saving potential, this idea is surely worth bringing up at the next PTA meeting!
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Comments
This is actually Harrisburg ~SOUTH DAKOTA :) AND WE ARE STILL GOING STRONG ... more and more parents are electing to get all information electronically.
I'd like to go paperless, at least more than we do now. It would help our budget, and it would eliminate a lot of waste. I feel very discouraged when I see crumpled papers scattered all over the hallway at the end of the day. Such a waste!
I linked to you from The Budget Ecoist: http://www.thebudgetecoist.com/archive/fridays-web-round-up1
Paige
Our district is in a real financial bind, and should appreciate advice like this.
Besides, if report cards were emailed, they couldn't be intercepted by students, right?
