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Ithaca students urge board to adopt climate action plan; trustees call for staff and facilities review
Summary
Student leaders urged the Ithaca City School District Board of Education to move from a climate resolution to an actionable climate action plan. Board members said they support the plan in principle but want staff and facilities feedback, and asked stakeholders to submit edits to the sustainability advocates for further review.
Student leaders from Ithaca High School asked the Ithaca City School District Board of Education to advance a district climate action plan, arguing it would protect neighborhoods at flood risk and embed climate education across grades.
"My name is Zoe Wang, and I am a ninth grader at IHS and a co president of the Climate Justice Alliance," Zoe Wang told the board during public comment. She said her neighborhood on Center Street had been designated an "annual flood risk hazard zone by FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency," and urged the board to pass the plan to address disproportionate impacts on Black and other communities of color.
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