Solar energy is the future. It’s clean, free, and everywhere around us. This is why we want our school, Coppell Middle School East, to invest in solar energy. We have a large campus that uses a lot of energy every month, and solar power will lower our electric bill immensely and also lessen our dependence on fossil fuels.

In the past few years, our middle school has become a lot more sustainable. The biggest school club is dedicated to sustainability, and last year we broke ground on a new garden to grow food for student meals. But at the end of the day, we still power our building with the municipal power grid- and more than 85% of that energy comes from sources that are bad for the environment like nuclear, coal, or crude oil energy. The solar panels will pay for themselves in about 3 years and then will start turning sunlight into money! With our project, we hope we can show people that clean energy is the future, and we want our school to serve as a model for schools in our district and in other places that are considering solar power.

With this petition, we are striving to show that people care about our project and they care about clean energy. If we get enough support, our hope is that our district’s board of trustees will take notice of this clear and easy solution to save money with solar energy and invest it back into our amazing school and the people who deserve it. 

-Erin and Stayton, student organizers

P.S. Please don’t donate! Your support is enough!