Giving Back: Local 103 Lights the Hernández Dual Language School

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IBEW LOCAL 103 GIVES BACK: LIGHTING THE HERNÁNDEZ K-8 SCHOOL

Students at the Rafael Hernández Dual Language K-8 School returned to brighter classrooms after April school vacation thanks to IBEW Local 103 volunteers who installed dozens of new LED lights at the Roxbury public school.

In conjunction with Lynnwell Associates and Eversource, Local 103 made a plan for upgrades that would come at no cost to the school. 14 of our members volunteered over four days during April vacation upgrading 19 classrooms with an average of 12 new light fixtures per room. Over summer vacation, Local 103 and Lynnwell will return to the school to upgrade lighting in offices, the cafeteria and other rooms.

Kerri Thibeau, Electrical Supervisor for the Boston Public Schools and a 17-year IBEW Local 103 member and former Lynnwell Associates employee, helped oversee the project along with current Local 103 staff.

“We consider it our duty to give back to our community and we are always proud to do so, especially in our public schools that are chronically under-resourced,” said IBEW Local 103 Business Manager/Financial Secretary Lou Antonellis. “Many of our members are products of Boston Public Schools or have children in the schools, which are the building blocks of our communities. As we build a better Boston, we must invest in our public schools so students can grow and thrive.