MEET THE GREENEST HIGH SCHOOL IN SACRAMENTO
Downtown’s The Met gets makeover, targets LEED, CHPS certifications
By Nick Miller
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This article was published on 01.26.12.
No bells ever sound at The Met. The nearly 300 students at this small high school on the south side of downtown apparently just know when to go to class.
Which is cool, and important to note, because it speaks to how life at The Met—part of a nationwide Big Picture Schools family that offers unique academic choices such as local-business internships and mentor programs—is quite unlike the typical high-school experience.
The Met principal Allen Young (second from left) and students serenade the halls. Notice the wood-paneled ceiling: They’re reclaimed bleacher seats from Sacramento High School, part of the Met’s green remodel.
We are back at our 810 V Street campus starting January 9th. A ribbon cutting/family style open house (lots of food) will be held on Saturday February 18th at 11am. Our CHSPS and LEED certified campus is the first of its kind for SCUSD. Met grads Abel Guerra and Luis Salgado worked on the school early on via their internships with the architecture firm Stafford, King and Weiss and Turner construction. Current Met seniors Shauna Badaker worked with LEED to insure we were compliant and Irma Medina is currently interning with Paul Breckenridge as this project is buttoned up. Met senior Leticia Washington is interning with Pete Lucchese at Turner completing finish work at the site.
