The North Pocono School District is considering borrowing up to $7.5 million to place solar panels on district buildings and other infrastructure projects.
The school board plans to vote on a resolution to issue general obligation bonds for the project, which officials estimate will cost between $3.3 and $4 million. The other projects covered by the borrowing are a new roof at the high school, estimated to cost $2.4 million, and a districtwide lighting retrofit, estimated to cost $570,000.
The district preliminarily plans to install 2,449 solar panels on all five district buildings. The high school will have the most panels at 1,085, with 372 on the intermediate school, 421 atop the middle school, 372 on Moscow Elementary School and 199 on Jefferson Elementary School.
[...] The board implemented a 5% tax increase for Lackawanna County residents and 3.87% increase for Wayne County residents in the district’s 2025-26 budget.