Replacement of portable classrooms will focus on sustainability

From The Santa Cruz Sentinel: The Live Oak (Calif.) School District has begun to replace aging portable classrooms with buildings that will be "green" from the bottom up. The first such project is under way next to Green Acres Elementary School in Santa Cruz and is believed to be the first all-green school facility in Santa Cruz County. A 2,400-square-foot building to house two classrooms and some offices for the Green Acres after-school program will incorporate environmentally friendly construction. Features include a light-colored curved roof, solar panel tubes for light, natural ventilation, sustainably farmed lumber, a corrugated metal ceiling and paints and other materials that don't emit toxic chemicals.