Whenever Allen Young walks into his office at The Met High School, he gets a reminder of his teenage years. Look up, the principal says at the cozy downtown campus. Pristine wood planks lining the entryway ceiling once lived as bleachers at his alma mater. "My wife and I both went to Sac High, so our butts graced this stuff," muses Young. The Met, a Sacramento City Unified charter school, had a $7.5 million renovation last year driven by green energy guidelines. Insulation consists of recycled blue jeans. Countertops were once glass jars. Bathrooms have high-tech "airblade" dryers, and nary a paper towel is found. Environmentalists say Proposition 39, which hikes California taxes on...
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