Boulder Valley School District: BVSD Launching Work To Update The Sustainability Management System

Press release from the Boulder Valley School District:

Susan Cousins

Mar 10 2021

Earlier this month, dozens of district partners and community sustainability stakeholders joined Boulder Valley School District staff for a sustainability summit to launch our community engagement work to update our Sustainability Management System (SMS).

BVSD has been working with the Green Schools National Network (GSNN) to gather data to assess progress toward the goals on our current SMS and develop a plan to update it for the next five years. In the coming weeks, GSNN and BVSD will engage with focus groups to identify goals and opportunities for the District's next five-year SMS Action Plan. In June, staff will share the updated SMS Action Plan with the board, along with a five-year progress report.

The SMS has guided the District’s work around sustainability for the past 10 years and been integral in the progress the District has made toward becoming a leader in environmental sustainability and creating healthy learning environments while providing students skills to address systemic challenges.

GSNN brings deep experience to the table in their work with schools and districts across the country. These schools are leveraging sustainability to drive innovation that: Decreases operational costs and ecological footprint; improves the health and well-being of all who work, learn and play in these schools; and closes the achievement gap while graduating students who have foundational knowledge and skills to co-create a sustainable future.

If you would like more information, or would like to be involved in this process, please contact Ghita Carroll, BVSD Sustainability Coordinator at ghita.carroll@bvsd.org.

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