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In 2014, OPPD joined the newly created Southwest Power Pool. In December 2019, the board of the Omaha Public Power District voted to commit to net-zero emissions by 2050. A 400- to 600-megawatt solar array is planned, as is the closing of three gas-fired power units, and the conversion of two coal-burning units to natural gas. [3]
The Board of Education in Omaha has operated a variety of schools since the city's founding in 1854. The first school in Omaha, a one-room schoolhouse, was opened on the southwest corner of Jefferson Square. After a brief closure in 1861, Omaha Public Schools formed again in 1863, and has operated continuously since. [5]
Omaha Public Schools (OPS) is the largest school district in the state of Nebraska, United States. This public school district serves a diverse community of about 52,000 students at over 80 elementary and secondary schools in Omaha. Its district offices are located in the former Tech High at 30th and Cuming Streets.
Despite recent tensions, people haven’t been arrested at Wake school board meetings since 2010-11. Back then, protesters were arrested for disrupting board meetings over the board’s efforts to ...
Three additional classes of Nebraska school districts, Class 1 (grades K-8; affiliated with one or more Class 2-5 districts and/or joined with a Class 6 district for tax purposes) and Class 6 (grades 6–12; was joined with one or more Class 1 districts) were dissolved on June 15, 2006, and Class 2 (district has 1,000 or fewer inhabitants) was ...
Wayne was elected to the Nebraska Legislature for District 13 in the 2016 Nebraska elections and served until the expiration of his second term 2025. Previously, he served as president of the board of Omaha Public Schools. [1] He is a Democrat. He supports school choice. [2]
Sep. 26—The Spokane Public Schools board will interview five finalists for the school board's open seat Monday evening. In a closed discussion Wednesday, the board narrowed down the field of ...
On June 16, 2016 the Omaha Public Power District board voted unanimously to shut down the Fort Calhoun Plant. This decision was based on financial interest to both OPPD and its customers. "Once closed, a nuclear plant must undergo a decommissioning process to remove or decontaminate materials and equipment that have been exposed to radioactivity.