FCPS Expands Use of Solar Energy Across Local Schools

Officials from Fairfax County Public Schools announced yesterday (Tuesday) that the county plans to expand the use of solar energy across 87 FCPS schools and facilities.

The new contracts, which are known as solar power purchase agreements (PPA), with service providers are the largest “solar PPA initiative by a local municipality in Virginia to date,” according to a press release from Fairfax County.

“Our move toward solar reinforces the School Board’s commitment to our environmental stewardship responsibilities,” said FCPS School Board Chair Karen Corbett Sanders in a statement.

The following area schools are being considered for solar modifications:

Vienna

• Cedar Lane School
• Flint Hill Elementary School
• Freedom Hill Elementary School
• Marshall Road Elementary School
• Thoreau Middle School
• Vienna Elementary School
• Westbriar Elementary School
• Wolftrap Elementary School

McLean

• Chesterbrook Elementary School
• Kent Gardens Elementary School
• Langley High School
• Spring Hill Elementary School

Falls Church

• Beech Tree Elementary School
• Belvedere Elementary School
• Falls Church High School
• Graham Road Elementary School
• Haycock Elementary School
• Jackson Middle School
• Justice High School
• Lemon Road Elementary School
• Longfellow Middle School
• Marshall High School
• Sleepy Hollow Elementary School
• Timber Lane Elementary School
• Westgate Elementary School
• Westlawn Elementary School

Merrifield

• Stenwood Elementary
• Cunningham Park Elementary School

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