Director of Sustainability LeeAnn Kittle began working for the district in April 2020. Soon after her arrival, and at the beginning of a global pandemic, passionate students began approaching LeeAnn asking for DPS to pass a climate resolution. In just a couple of years, they achieved that goal by passing the Climate Action Plan.
Thanks in part to the endeavor of these diligent students, steps were taken to create a detailed strategy to reach the goals set forth by the Climate Action Plan. A Financial Impact Assessment, paid for with bond reserve dollars from 2016, was conducted using an outside consultancy firm, Group14 Engineering. Group14 Engineering specializes in the energy and resource efficiency of building design.