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Copies of Recent Workshop Materials & Handouts

California School Board Association Conference, San Diego, CA, 11/28/2007

California Green Schools Summit, Pasadena, CA, 12/4-6/2007

"It's Easy Being Green: Seven Steps to a Healthy, SustainableSchool"

Download PDF of "It's Easy Being Green" slideshow handouts from CSBA (4MB) - It's Easy Being Green-CSBA PDF

Download PDF of "It's Easy Being Green" slideshow handouts from Summit (4MB) - It's Easy Being Green-Summit PDF

For the Green Schools Graphic, please download this file - http://www.greenschools.net/greenschoolsgraphic.pdf

For sample school board resolutions, please go to the Take Action page in upper right.

For other examples from talk, please go to the Resources page

For the Guide to Green Cleaning, please visit Healthy Schools Campaign

Background Materials for May 10, 2006 Roundtable

Objective of Roundtable: To lay out the goals, scope, range of issues and projects, stakeholders, types of outreach and training, and obstacles and opportunities we each work on. To find possible overlaps and/or gaps in our collective work that will help inform our strategy discussion. To identify opportunities for collaboration or coordination that would help us achieve our shared goals of improving children’s health and school environmental quality.

To help us better understand each other’s work and reach common understanding about the Williams Settlement implementation efforts, we are sharing these background and preparatory materials.

1.  Powerpoint on Williams Settlement by Brooks Allen, ACLU-SC

This slide show provides background information and details of the Williams Settlement facilities components. Brooks Allen will use these slides during the May 10 roundtable. If you are joining by phone, please have this presentation available so that you can follow the discussion.

Open Powerpoint Slideshow:

Williams v. California: How the Settlement Addresses School Facilities

2.  Williams Settlement Implementation, suggested by Brooks Allen

 Read at least pages19-25 of ACLU’s first year implementation report, which is posted at:

http://www.decentschools.org/settlement/WilliamsReportWeb2005.pdf

OPSC's (Office of Public School Construction) website also contains excellent information.  The following sites provide current information on the good repair standard, the Emergency Repair Program, and the Comprehensive Facilities Needs Assessments, respectively:

http://www.opsc.dgs.ca.gov/Programs/Good_Repair_Std.htm

On this page, please skim the “Good Repair Report: Options for a Permanent State Standard,” which was issued in March 2006:

http://www.documents.dgs.ca.gov/Legi/Publications/2006LegislativeReports/GoodRepairReport.pdf

http://www.opsc.dgs.ca.gov/Programs/ERP_Main.htm

http://www.opsc.dgs.ca.gov/Programs/SFNAGP_Main.htm

 3.  Background Information from Healthy Children Organizing Project, Neil Gendel

Open Word file:

Summary and Organizing Chart of HCOP's work in San Francisco

Open Adobe Acrobat file:

Organizing Chart of HCOP Other Advocacy Work

4.  Background Information from Collaborative for High Performance Schools, Sara Greenwood

Open Word file:

Background information from CHPS

5.  Background Information from Green Schools Initiative, Deborah Moore

Open Word file:

Background information from GSI

6.  Background Information from CA Dept. of Health Services-IAQ, Dr. Toni Stein

Open Word file:

Background information from DHS

7.  Tools for Schools Success in Connectictut, from DHS-OHB, Jennifer Flattery

Success story from Connecticut aboutoccupational health and children's health benefits from using EPA's Tools for Schools

Open Adobe Acrobat file:

CT Success Story

8.  Bio from Duwayne Brooks, Murdoch, Walrath, and Holmes

Duwayne Brooks currently is a consultant with Murdoch, Walrath, and Holmes, which has as one of its clients the Coalition for Adequate School Housing (CASH, www.cashnet.org). Mr. Brooks previously was the State Director of School Facilities with the California Department of Education, and was the designated representative for several State Superintendent’s of Public Instruction on the State Allocation Board, California School Finance Authority, State School Building Finance Committee, State Teacher’s Retirement System, and other boards and commissions.

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