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D46 sustainability task force runs participatory workshop; board to collect feedback
Summary
The Community Consolidated School District 46 sustainability task force led a participatory workshop on Feb. 26 that split attendees into four theme stations and asked them to prioritize ideas and resources using post-it notes, mock donation envelopes and paper clips to represent time.
The Community Consolidated School District 46 sustainability task force led a participatory workshop on Feb. 26, asking board members and attendees to circulate through four theme stations — land use, resource conservation, organizational systems and structures, and renewable energy — and leave feedback using post-it notes, simulated donation envelopes and paper clips to indicate time commitments.
"For the last hour, we have met as a sustainability task force and we are charged with a few different things," said Mrs. Miller (identified in the meeting as leading the item), explaining the four-group structure and the exercise. She asked attendees to adopt the persona of donors and to place a paper clip to indicate where they would donate time; the paper clips were chosen because they are reusable.
The workshop was held in the library so participants could circulate among stations. The board formally suspended the meeting’s usual order and paused streaming while the group moved into the nonstandard agenda item; the suspension lasted roughly 18 minutes. After the exercise, the meeting resumed and the district collected materials so task-force members could collate community input.
Task-force organizers emphasized that the displays were an early, first-pass effort and asked attendees not to expect detailed data on the posters. The exercise was framed as eliciting priorities and practical ideas to guide future work rather than approving any policy on Feb. 26.
The superintendent and board also publicly thanked volunteer Abby Petrasinski for helping start districtwide composting efforts referenced during the meeting; the volunteer was present in the audience and singled out for recognition.
Next steps discussed on the record included collecting the post-it feedback and donor-paper-envelope placements for the task force’s review and returning sustainability recommendations to the board at a later date for further discussion and potential action.
