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Students to pilot county recycling program; board backs grant-writing partnership
Summary
Board member Warburg said students at Midland Trail will lead a pilot to collect recycling data (targeting cardboard and cans) and the board will work with the Fayette County Solid Waste Authority and Whitecap Waste on a grant application and April presentation of student work.
Board member Mister Warburg told the Fayette County Schools board that students at Midland Trail will lead a pilot recycling project intended to collect data on cardboard and cans and demonstrate a student-driven approach to sustainability.
"They're gonna do it there first for the rest of the school year. Collect data," Mister Warburg said, describing a pilot the students designed and a planned April rollout. Warburg said representatives from the Fayette County Solid Waste Authority and a company called Whitecap Waste will help with grant writing and cost estimates to support district efforts.
Warburg described the student work as hands‑on and self-directed: students created a PowerPoint to show what they want to do, and administrators expect the students to present their results at a district event this spring. He also said he was surprised the grant application looked to be about 20 pages long, which prompted optimism about feasibility.
The board mentioned partners by name in the meeting: Sherry Hunter (who was credited with connecting the board to the Solid Waste Authority) and Whitecap Waste (identified as a potential vendor partner). Warburg encouraged board members to attend the student presentation and grant‑planning session, and said the district will roll out the pilot in April with a public demonstration of student work; the transcript records an on‑site event to show student projects at 10:00 but does not specify a calendar date beyond “in April.”
Warburg’s remarks also touched on related student and staff successes: he noted that Landon Gibson and Sophie/Sophia Allen are national merit finalists and praised new special-education leader Mister Gladwell for stabilizing that department; Warburg urged the district’s senators and delegates to consider increased funding for special education needs.
Next steps recorded in the meeting: continued work with the Solid Waste Authority and Whitecap Waste on grant-writing and cost estimates, student preparation of a presentation for the April rollout, and a district event to showcase student data collection and proposed recycling operations.
