A year ago Mitchell County schools got serious about saving energy within the school system. Working with Educon, a consulting company that went through schools in the county making energy saving adjustments, the school system was able to realize a savings of over $128,000 in energy costs over the past year. Consultants told the Board of Education that the biggest savings came at Mitchell High School and that improvements at other schools in the county would help save even more money. Educon has been contracted for two more years to work on the energy saving project.