checking the numbers Wrote:
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> energy guy Wrote:
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> > Okay FCPS has 196 schools. A very conservative
> > estimate of energy use from mini fridges would
> be
> > $2500 a year per school. Thats $490,000 a year
> to
> > power those those things at a absolute minimum!
> > Sounds like we should ban those things or
> charge
> > the teachers a estimated energy use fee and
> deduct
> > it from their pay.
>
>
> So you are figuring like 50 fridges at $50 each a
> year per school? Some might have more, some less.
> The high schools might have more, for example.
>
> That is some major cash. Half a million dollars.
> Do a fraud and abuse complaint. Waste of
> resources.
>
>
https://www.fcps.edu/school-board/office-auditor-g
> eneral/reporting-fraud-waste-and-abuse
the teacher brings the refridge to school. The county does not buy them.