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LEFT: Third-grade teacher Peg Morgan, aka “Trevor, a Yellow Springs mushroom,” speaks with third-grade student-scientists Bryce Fleming and Kaitlyn Macduff about the importance of mushrooms to healthy soil. RIGHT: Fourth-grade students of Carrie Juergens performed an original rap as part of their proposal that Mills Lawn cafeteria eliminates plastic flatware in favor of metal. (Photos by Carol Simmons)
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- Published: March 21, 2019
Members of two Mills Lawn classes separately addressed the school board during its meeting Thursday, March 14. LEFT: Third-grade teacher Peg Morgan, aka “Trevor, a Yellow Springs mushroom,” speaks with third-grade student-scientists Bryce Fleming and Kaitlyn Macduff about the importance of mushrooms to healthy soil. RIGHT: Fourth-grade students of Carrie Juergens performed an original rap as part of their proposal that Mills Lawn cafeteria eliminates plastic flatware in favor of metal. One verse begins: “In the underwater world there is plastic by the ton. And if by 2040 plastic is not done, the underwater world will be more plastic than fish, floating around the ocean; flip the switch.” (See the March 21, 2019 school board article, School Board—Superintendent search begins)
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