Stan Bergkamp is hoping to put solar panels on the roof of Maize High School to power the entire building. After applying this to his own home in 2016, he realized the amount of money that could be saved.
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March 9, 2018
By Glenn Kinley
Stan Bergkamp, 1990 Kansas State graduate, was on his 24th year of teaching at Maize High School when he went to the superintendent of the school district with an idea that might have made him fall out of his chair.
He said he wanted to raise $385,000.
Bergkamp wants to put enough solar panels on the roof of Maize High School to generate enough electricity to power the entire building. He got the idea after putting solar panels on his own house in Wichita in July 2016 and realizing the massive amounts of money that can be saved.
“This is my opportunity to give something back to the school and give something back to the community,” Bergkamp said.
The goal is to get funding from donations and start putting the first solar panels on the roof after $85,000 have been raised. Bergkamp said the movement would be extremely beneficial to not only the environment, but also to the school.
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