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Fayetteville High students expand composting, native-plant and rain-garden projects; district staff offer support
Summary
AP Environmental Science students and district staff described expanding sustainability projects — including compost pilots, invasive-removal native-planting and rain gardens — and asked for help with funding, maintenance and curriculum integration; teachers said student participation grew from ~17 to about 155.
Teachers from Fayetteville Public Schools presented a series of student-led sustainability projects to the Environmental Action Committee on Nov. 17 and asked for continued community support and collaboration.
Clayton (Clay) Wharton, an AP Environmental Science teacher, and Stephanie Jordan, the district garden coordinator, described multi-year work: school compost pilots (three schools brought online last year, three more this year), invasive-removal and native-plant installations (NoMo projects), a continuing McNair restoration site and a rain garden at Aspell funded by IRWP. Wharton said the projects are voluntary but…
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