Sustainability
Sustainability Dashboard
This dashboard displays our utility data and all-fuels energy audits. Trends can be viewed since our baseline year of 2021-2022. The dashboard will be updated annually.
Email sustainability@boiseschools.org for more information or to seek engagement opportunities for students.
Sustainability Priorities
Boise School District's Sustainability Action Plan provides a roadmap for healthy and sustainable schools through four interconnected impact areas: Leadership, Culture & Climate, Facilities & Operations, and Curriculum & Instruction. Our work includes energy and water conservation, waste reduction, healthy learning environments, environmental education, student leadership, and stewardship.
- Collective Commitment on Clean Energy (adopted by the Board of Trustees 10/2021)
News and Announcements
- Ali Ward, Boise Schools Sustainability Supervisor, interviewed on Do Good Conversations Podcast (August 2026)
- Boise School District Adds 8 Electric School Buses and Hosts Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony (August 2026)
- Case Study – TRC Supports Energy Management with Boise Schools (June 2026)
- Boise School District’s Secondary Schools Honored with DOE 50001 Ready Recognition (May 2026)
- Green Team Impact Overview 2024-2025 (November 2025)
- Boise School District’s Ali Ward Honored with 2025 WISE Award for Sustainability Leadership (May 2025)
- Solar Energy is Coming to Whittier Elementary (May 2025)
- Students Honored for Environmental Leadership (May 2025)
- Annual Sustainability Update (April 2025)
- Boise School District Teacher Erin Stutzman Earns Best of Green Schools Award (March 2025)
- Spring Break 2025 PowerDown Challenge (March 2025)
- Boise School District Achieves Big Energy Savings with Winter Powerdown Challenge (January 2025)
- Boise Schools Introduce Share Tables to Reduce Food Waste and Support Students (November 2024)
- Boise School District Selected for DOE's Energy Champions Leading the Advancement of Sustainable Schools Program (November 2024)
- Students at the heart of the Boise School District's commitment to clean energy (October 2024)
- Boise Schools Again Recognized as Leaders in Energy Management (August 2024)
Our Sustainability Roadmap
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Liberty Elementary students participate in Tree Quest -
2025 Green Impact Recognition Awardees -
Whittier Elementary Solar Array -
Longfellow Elementary students learn about composting and waste reduction -
Hawthorne Elementary receives the plaque for the BSD's award from the Idaho Office of Energy and Mineral Resources, 2025. -
District and City Leaders cut the Ribbon for the 8 Electric School Buses