The Batesville School District Solar Initiative began in 2017 when Superintendent, Dr. Michael Hester, and the leadership team decided to go green. The district spent thousands monthly, which was reduced with the solar array in partnership with Entegrity.

2023

Harvard Graduate School of Education - Panel Interview

Superintendent Dr. Hester was asked to be on a panel at the Harvard Graduate School of Education to share our solar energy story and the impact it has had on our district and beyond. Learn more here...

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2022

Solar on Schools Boosts Teacher Pay

U.S. Department of Energy Features Batesville School District

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January 7, 2021 • The Kelly Clarkson Show

School Uses Solar Power To Give Teachers A Raise

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January 18, 2021 • Stringr Media

Schools go solar to cut utility bills

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January 22, 2021 • Scripps Media, Denver 7

An Arkansas school district turned energy savings from solar panels into teacher raises

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February 17, 2021 • Yale Climate Connections

Arkansas school district goes solar, boosts teacher pay

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March 16, 2021 • CBS This Morning

School’s solar panel savings give every teacher up to $15,000 raises

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April 4, 2021 • The Weather Channel

Sunny Skies in the Forecast for BSD Solar Array, Increasing Teacher Pay

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March 2020 • Report Card

The Batesville School District cut its energy costs with help from solar technology and used the savings to raise salaries

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September 14, 2020 • Generation180

Batesville, AR: Energy Savings Reap Investments in Teacher Pay and Education

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September 16, 2020 • The Daily Climate

Solar power on the rise at US schools

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September 17, 2020 • pv magazine

More than 7,000 US schools are solar powered

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October 1, 2020 • The Batesville Daily Guard

Right place, right time

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October 13, 2020 • District Administration

How 2 districts made the big shift to solar power

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October 16, 2020 • Energy News Network

This Arkansas school turned solar savings into better teacher pay

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October 16, 2020 • Inhabitat

Arkansas schools save millions by adopting solar power

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October 26, 2020 • The Optimist Daily

How switching schools to renewables can improve quality of education

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November 17, 2020 • My Modern Met

Arkansas School Installs Solar Panels to Save Millions On Energy and Pay Teachers More

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November 17, 2020 • THV 11

Batesville schools able to increase teacher pay thanks to going solar

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December 4, 2020 • The Christian Science Monitor

Points of Progress: Solar power use boosts teacher pay, and more

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May 15, 2019 • Entegrity

K-12 School Project: Batesville School District

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September 25, 2019 • Kait8

Solar panels providing more than one benefit to area school district

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August 24, 2018 • Kait8

Area school first in the state to implement solar energy

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December 3, 2018 • Kait8

Solar power education in Region 8

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