Meeting with SMMUSD Board

Team Marine, Heal the Bay Surfrider Club, Malibu's Eco Team, and Samohi's Solar Alliance proposed a student-created sustainable policy for the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District to two board members, Ben Allen and Ralph Mechur. All of these great groups realize that SMMUSD is a bit behind the City of Santa Monica in sustainability, and are ready to help the district catch up.

In our draft of a sustainable policy we hope to achieve the following:

• Bring sustainable products to our school

• Change the behavior of our students and teachers to be more sustainable

• Educate those involved with the district on sustainability

• Improve sustainable water and power practices in the district

The board was very impressed with our dedication, and ensured us that they would try meeting our requests depending on the topic. We'd like to thank the Mr. Allen and Mr. Mechur for taking time out of their busy schedule to listen to our long and detailed presentations. We are looking forward to future meetings with the board.