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[email protected] ONE DOLLAR School District Expects to Save $1.5 Million From Solar Panels By SARAH MCGRAIL on the roofs of Roosevelt Intermedi- Crystal Marsh will replace Mary Specially Written for The Westfield Leader ate School and Wilson Elementary Asfendis who was recently appointed WESTFIELD — Solar panels on School, Business Administrator Dana principal at Roosevelt Intermediate the roofs of five Westfield schools Sullivan told board members. School to replace Stewart Carey who will save the district more than $1.5 Ms. Sullivan said the panels would retires at the end of the school year million over the next 15 years, the save the board $112,000 or 15 per- after 48 years teaching in the district. Board of Education was told at cent of their energy bills every year Ms. Marsh, who holds a master of Tuesday’s meeting. for the next 15 years, which is the education degree from Columbia Since the beginning of the year, expected life of a solar panel. University, is currently a science panels have already been installed on The panels are expected to be fully teacher and grade team leader in the the roofs of Westfield High School functional from around the beginning Salk School of Science Middle School (WHS), Edison Intermediate School of the 2017-2018 school year. in New York City. and Tamaques Elementary School, The appointment of a new assistant Several of the district’s teachers the Board of Education heard at principal for Edison Intermediate were celebrated by the board for win- Tuesday’s meeting.