Published July 15. 2022 03:08PM
Jim Thorpe Area School District is exploring solar energy as a way to save on its electric bills.
On Wednesday, school board members signed a letter that would be the first step toward building solar panels on district property.
The letter directs McClure Company to complete a design study for a solar project.
“This is basically having the McClure Company do a study providing solar panels and solar energy to the district. There is no cost for this,” said Scott Pompa, president of the Jim Thorpe School Board.
School officials did not specify what sites they are looking at for solar. The district owns 141 acres in Penn Forest Township, in addition to 52 acres at the Penn Kidder Campus, 46.5 acres at the high school and…