Last week, a fantastic little article came out in the Fayetteville Observer titled “Our View: Hoke School a Design Worth Copying” and we certainly agree! It starts out as the following:

[quote author=”Fayetteville Observer”]
Sunshine on the schoolyard makes recess more pleasant but confers little in the way of financial benefit.

Not so at the Sandy Grove Middle School in Hoke County, though, where solar panels on the roof and sprouting from futuristic “trees” make the school’s electric system a profit center. The panels generate nearly twice the electricity the school needs.[/quote]

To read more, check out the article here.

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