To the Editor:
As a community, there is great support for the school district. Telstar High School has developed individual pathways for students to encourage them to pursue their interests. Since we live in such a beautiful area, naturally, many of those students are passionate about the outdoors and the environment.
New classes are being developed and the curriculum changed to support environmental education and promote active citizenship. As an area that relies heavily on land use, everyone should applaud student efforts in creating sustainability and local initiatives.
It is not easy for high school students to initiate contact with adults, ask relevant questions, and utilize the resources within our great community. However, it is disappointing to learn that local municipal officials and large corporations are ignoring those inquiries or flat-out refusing to hear out student ideas that could potentially impact changes around waste, recycling, and land protection.
The community should support our student’s activism or we risk losing, not only the beauty of nature but the next generation of ‘locals’.
Michele Bouchard
Upton
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