SAFETY AND SUSTAINABILITY Environmental Advisory Board

Several school-wide initiatives have been developed to fulfill our role in the community as a sustainable educational organization. The list below outlines many of the actions being taken at the operational levels:

1. Single-Use Materials Reduction

• 5% discount at the Grind for bringing your own cup

2. Recycling

• Recycling bins have been placed all around the school campus

3. Resource Conservation

• Cultural Center is a LEED Gold certified building with an advanced Building Management System (BMS)

• Remote sensing of classroom temperatures and air quality

• Film placed on windows and sunshades in classrooms to reduce the impact of the heat and sun

• Sensors placed on automatic water taps

4. Carbon Footprint Reduction

• 25 middle school students came together this year to help implement the rollout of solar panel systems throughout ISB - the panels will be installed in the next school year

• Elementary students designed signs for every light switch reminding people to switch off the lights

5. Reduction of Harmful Chemicals

• Non-chorine-based water sanitation system

• Environmentally friendly sanitation gel and fumigation for COVID disinfection

• UVC lighting for disinfection

6. Planting Trees

• Fruit trees planted in the Early Childhood Courtyard

• Trees planted on campus and up at our Environmental Wilderness Campus as well

The Numbers

At 1610 students, our opening enrollment was relatively low due to nearly 70 of our younger students deferring enrollment until the second semester because ISB started the school year virtually. Once we returned to in-person learning we added 141 new students so enrollment recovered well and the inyear enrollment was the highest recorded in over a decade.

Our income totaled THB 1.67 billion and we realized an operating loss of THB 35 million primarily due to THB 42 million spent on COVID related expenses such as credit to returning students and the providing ATK’s to students and staff for our twice-weekly testing protocol. Nevertheless, our cash position increased by THB 31 million and ISB’s financial position remains very healthy in part due to the generous contributions we receive from donors, which was just short of THB 60 million this year.

As a non-profit organization, ISB reinvests all of its income into the school, recognizing that teachers have the single most significant impact on learning. This school year 85% of the tuition income was allocated to salaries and benefits. This investment in quality education has allowed us to attract and retain these best and brightest teachers, while maintaining a student-teacher ratio of 9 students to 1 teacher schoolwide. We invested THB 156 million in capital projects as we continue to implement our rolling 7-year facilities master plan. Capital projects included the Elementary School Cafeteria renovation, construction of Sky Park and Parkour Park playgrounds, installing new classroom doors and access control, as well as ongoing facilities improvements such as increasing our electric capacity, painting and other smaller projects.