Campaign 03 · Canvass shifts filled
Solar on Schools
Pass Measure L: solar on 22 school roofs
Measure L is a local facilities bond that would put solar on all 22 Calder Unified school roofs. It would cut the district's power bill by an estimated $610,000 a year, money that goes back into classrooms. Bonds pass when neighbors hear about them from neighbors.
Sunshine pays teachers
Training provided at every launch. First-timers welcome.
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Canvass phase. Ballot certification in August
The plan, plainly
The engineering is done: district facilities staff assessed all 22 roofs, and 19 can take panels without structural work. At today's rates the arrays would cover about a third of district electricity use and save an estimated $610,000 a year at full build-out. That is roughly eight teaching positions, every year, from sunshine.
School bonds in Calder County pass or fail on turnout, and turnout is built at the door. Our canvass is local: volunteers talk to their own precincts, with a one-page fact sheet and an honest answer about what the bond costs. The median homeowner pays about $38 a year.
We do not do doom at the door. We do arithmetic, school pride, and a yard sign if they want one. It works: in our first 214 shifts, 68% of conversations ended in a committed yes or a lean yes.
The ask: 500 canvass shifts before election day. A trained volunteer covers a precinct in one shift.
This week
Three ways to move this campaign
Canvass 3 hours
Take a Solar on Schools canvass shift
One trained volunteer covers a precinct in a shift. Full training at every launch, and first-timers always pair with an experienced captain. 214 of 500 shifts are filled.
Sustain 2 minutes, then it just works
Become a monthly sustainer
Steady small gifts are what let us plan a season instead of a month: trainings booked, toolkits printed, rooms reserved. Give what is sustainable for you, and cancel anytime with one email.
Share 2 minutes
Send the plain-language explainer to one person
Most people are worried and busy, not indifferent. Our explainer is the no-doom version of what is happening here and what fixes exist, written to be forwarded.
On the calendar: Solar on Schools canvass launch & training , Saturday, August 8, 2026
The other fronts
Ready by 2030
100% clean electricity for city operations
One more councilmember. Six of nine votes are pledged; the resolution needs a seventh to be veto-proof.
Fair Fares, Clean Air
Electrify and expand the Route 12 corridor
10,000 petition signatures before budget hearings open. Riders' names move budgets.
Your move
Worry is common. Invitations are scarce.
Consider this yours: three questions, and you'll have a first action that fits your week, with the script, template, or seat included.