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Sustainable energy talk

Los Alamos Sustainable Energy Network will meet at 7 p.m. tonight at the Pajarito Environmental Education Center. The November speaker will be David Vosgurgh, projects director at EnvironX.

LAFRW meeting

The Los Alamos FRW at

Early next year, UNM-Los Alamos will ask voters to approve a two mil levy. It’s the first time in 29 years the college has asked the community for this kind of help and they need it desperately to augment reduced operational funding.

At the same time, Los Alamos Public Schools will seek voter approval for a much needed six-year extension of an existing bond.

Because the two entities are each feeling the economic pinch, they have agreed through their respective boards to join forces in order to save money in their election efforts.

The time is ripe for STEM, according to President Obama, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, to name a few well-known supporters.

STEM is short for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. It’s a political strategy for transforming an educational policy that proponents believe will not only improve learning results in general, but also restore America’s slumping vitality in the global marketplace.

Clarification

  In reference to the upcoming joint election story in Tuesday’s Monitor, Los Alamos Public Schools will hold a referendum rather than a bond election as reported. The school’s bond election was held last year and the money is being used for high school renovations. The referendum will be used for technology upgrades.

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