During the spring of 2019, the recycling program was cut from leadership’s responsibilities because of COVID-19. The school went virtual and assignments were done in Google classroom, not on paper. The following school year was a hybrid year, where students could choose whether they wanted to learn from home or at school. Google classroom was the main mode of communication,  so paper was scarce. 

Now students are back in the classroom and not all teachers use Google classroom, so paper is back. When leadership collected paper, the company who picks up the paper wanted the school to pay them a fee to recycle the paper. This was a major problem for the school and it was at this point that the recycling program came to a halt. 

Currently, the school omit uses trash company waste management instead of the former recycling company.

There are a few reasons why the school isn’t keeping up with its recycling program. 

“Well, we can try. I know one of the things that will be more challenging about it is that I used to have 90 minute classes and we would recycle in the first 20-25 minutes of class once a week,” U.S. history and leadership teacher Corey Baird said.

“So now, not only am I only having shorter classes but I also have fewer kids in there because of the scheduling conflicts due to 6 hour days.”

There are students who would like the recycling program to start up again. 

“It would be a really good idea, because we don’t do enough of it, and we waste a lot of stuff here,” leadership senior Emily Vanpelt said. 

“We should have the recycling program back,” freshman Alana Porzio said.