The
Greening
of
CMS
County's First LEED-Certified Public School
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battled temperamental heating
SCHOOL'S NICKNAME IS THE
and air systems and rusty
SMILERS, and Principal Brian
pipes.
Doerer has a lot to smile about
these days.
Sure, he's happy to be in a
But beyond that, Doerer is
pleased his school, when it
opens for students at the end
brand new building, adjacent to
environmentally friendly public
Polk Street, where he had a
school in Mecklenburg County.
windowless office and routinely
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of August, will be the most
the 45-year-old one off South
Its construction will serve as a
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