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Kingston parents and staff urge district to create sustainability director and plan
Summary
A coalition of parents, staff and students at a Kingston City School District meeting urged the board to create a district sustainability director, institute building-level stipends and adopt a formal sustainability plan to reduce waste, electrify the fleet and implement climate education required by the state.
At the Kingston City School District board meeting, a string of public commenters urged trustees to create a district sustainability director and adopt a formal sustainability plan to coordinate building-level efforts.
Christina Pokorny, a parent and member of the Kingston Schools Green Team, told the board the district — which she described as serving about 6,500 students and 1,100 employees — “falls well short” of its stated sustainability goals. She cited a Kingston High School student project that found about 80 pounds of food wasted daily at that building and urged the board to…
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