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Washougal School District invests in brighter, ‘greener’ LEDs

School officials praise new lights for safety, savings

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Washougal School District facilities, maintenance and grounds manager Jessica Beehner took "before and after" photos outside Hathaway Elementary School's portable buildings to show what the area looked like "before," in 2021, (left) and after the district installed LED lights in 2022 (right). (Contributed photos courtesy of Jessica Beehner)

During a Washougal School Board meeting earlier this year, Washougal School District facilities, maintenance and grounds supervisor Jessica Beehner clicked through a PowerPoint presentation that contained side-by-side photos of Hathaway and Gause elementary schools, Washougal High School and two other district locations, taken in 2021 and earlier this year.

The photos displayed a difference in exterior lighting that could only be described as night and day.

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