As school districts continue to modernize, the Perry Community School District will soon have solar capabilities. 

At their most recent school board meeting the Perry School Board approved a solar proposal from Red Lion Renewables that will bring solar to multiple facilities within the district. Superintendent Clark Wicks says each year the district will save roughly $11,000 but the solar capability will come with other benefits as well.

“At this point, the benefits reduce the electricity bill and number two, one of the panels will be setting up near the STEM Lab at the Perry Middle School. So, we will have some educational opportunities too to see just how the solar panels work, what it means for electricity and what it means for efficiency for the Perry schools.”

Wicks tells Raccoon Valley Radio they wanted to scale the original proposal down just to see how solar will work within the district. Wicks says there is also a potential for more solar capability in the future which would include purchasing the system from Red Lion Renewables. 

“There is always a potential, what we wanted to do is scale the original plan down so we could see how this works and we are excited for the possibility, we are excited to see if it does work.”

The Perry School Board approved the Red Lion Renewables proposal at their meeting on May 9th.