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Elgin High seniors urge district help to stabilize Poplar Creek, citing erosion and pollution
Summary
Students and community members told the board Poplar Creek erosion and invasive plants threaten a teaching resource at Elgin High School and urged the district to hire environmental professionals and install short-term measures such as trash receptacles.
Several Elgin High School students and community members used the public-comment period of the March 24 School District U-46 board meeting to urge district support for Poplar Creek stabilization and cleanup.
Jacob Lesch and Ava Patel, seniors in the International Baccalaureate diploma program, said hands-on science investigations at Poplar Creek showed bank erosion, sediment pollution and invasive plants weakening native…
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