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Omaha Central students urge OPS to create sustainability office, say stewardship plan lacks accountability
Summary
Students from Omaha Central’s Students For Sustainability and the Central Green Team told the Omaha Public Schools board the district’s 2023 Environmental Stewardship Plan lacks accountability and recommended a dedicated sustainability coordinator or department to implement targets such as composting and recycling.
Students from Omaha Central High School pressed the Omaha Public Schools board on Wednesday to make the district’s Environmental Stewardship Plan actionable, saying the plan lacks clear leadership, measurable accountability and staffing needed to hit its targets.
At the public-comment portion of the meeting, Evalina Sain, a senior speaking for Students For Sustainability, told the board that ‘‘the introduction of the Environmental Stewardship Plan necessitates the establishment of an OPS Sustainability Department or something similar, which is a change that is long overdue.’’ She cited the plan’s own employee-survey results, saying the report on page 58 showed ‘‘over 50% of all respondents were not at all…
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