Environmentally conscious initiatives throughout Atlanta Public Schools continually receive national attention, so it wasn’t the biggest surprise to see Environmental Protection Agency head Lisa Jackson come to town as part of weeklong celebration of the EPA’s 40th anniversary. Still, teacher Lyndsey Collins had to be especially proud.
Collins is a science teacher for seventh-graders at Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy, which welcomed Jackson, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and other dignitaries in an event held Tuesday morning at the school. The event also helped underscore the EPA’s commitment to children’s health; the agency and the school also signed a Memorandum of Understanding, the first of its kind in the region.