Sophie Halm and Lillith Dunn
eSomethin staff
Hull Prairie Intermediate’s Environmental Club had a large impact on the evironment surrounding the school and the larger community.
While it was still active, students involved participated in a variety of activities to learn about the ways they could positively change the world around them.
Last spring, the group organized a clean up of the Maumee River, an event that was filmed by the National Wildlife Federation, which would be turned into a documentary.
Despite the impact the Environmental Club had, Boros, a HPI science teacher and the club’s advisor, had to make the tough choice to temporarily pause the club’s meetings due to a change in schedule caused by cuts due to the failed levy this past November.
“This year with the change in dismissal time at HPI being 2:10, clubs cannot start until 3:10. So, it was really difficult to have an after-school club that would allow kids to really, fully participate,” Boros explained.
“Yeah, I’m really sad that . . . we’re not doing it anymore. I enjoyed the Maumee River cleanup because . . . I got to help the environment and clean up a lot of trash,” Ogdahl stated.
Despite this, the students are still finding ways to positively impact their environment in any way they can, no matter how small.
Dr. Kadee Anstadt, the interim superintendent, also joined to discuss the newly decided cuts that would happen should the newest levy not pass this November.
Cuts would include the removal of state minimum transportation, the reduction in technology for grades Kindergarten through 6th, and the elimination of athletics in grades 7th through 12th.
While Anstadt cannot directly advocate for or protest the levy, she is certain that this will have a big impact on our school, with the cuts taking Perrysburg schools down to essentially the state minimum requirements.
“To get another $6 million out of this budget, you really have to go deep. . . . I think a lot of [people] think we’re bluffing . . . [but] I have to cut athletics before I cut 2nd grade. We have to go in and kind of carve out the things that are not requirements,” Anstadt explained.
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