Boston’s public school district is home to one of the first Center for Green Schools Fellows: sustainability coordinator Phoebe Beierle is one of only two Fellows currently active in the United States! Phoebe will work within the district for three years, bringing together faculty, administration, facilities staff, teachers, and students to advance whole-district sustainability initiatives. Phoebe will join the Curley community this Wednesday evening at 6pm as part of our parents’ council meeting to talk about how we can “green” our school. (Please check out Phoebe’s bio at the end of this article). Parents and teachers welcome!
The meeting will be in the Upper School Library. Please enter at the Centre St. doors; the library is upstairs. As usual food, childcare, and Spanish translation will be provided. The meeting runs from 6-8pm (Phoebe’s presentation will be from 6-7pm). Our agenda topics include the following:
- “Greening the Curley” – presentation by Phoebe Beierle, BPS Green Schools Fellow
- BPS Budget Update – What’s Next? (with guest speaker Lallie Lloyd, a public advocate who focuses on public education)
- Info re: Welcoming Next Year’s New Families
- Fundraising Updates (Recent Events)
- Curley SPC Budget Update
- School Site Council Update
- Upcoming Events:
- Arts Showcase
- Used Book Sale
- Spring Clean-Up
- Family Day/Curley Cookout
Phoebe Beierle brings diverse work experience in the areas of green building, renewable energy, corporate social responsibility and non-profit management to her role as the Green Schools Fellow for Boston Public Schools. At both the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust (RET) and The Green Roundtable, she fostered strategic program partnerships and supported the design, construction, certification, curriculum implementation and financing policies of green schools within Massachusetts. While at the RET, she served as a green champion for districts looking to build green through the MA Green Schools Initiative, an incentive program to fund green building, renewable energy and green curriculum projects at K-12 public schools. As the head of this initiative, she worked hand-in-hand with School Building Committees and facilities staff and reviewed a dozen project submissions for compliance with LEED and MA-CHPS guidelines. Phoebe is a Board member of the MA USGBC Chapter and an active participant on the Green Schools Committee. She holds a BA in Environmental Studies and Psychology from Oberlin College.
