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Each grade level collected a different item for the box with a goal of putting together 60 bedtime boxes, which they met and celebrated with a pajama party last month.
A group of fifth- and sixth-graders at Wickham Elementary have worked since November to gather donations to create "bedtime boxes" for Houses into Homes, a local nonprofit.
90% of emissions from the Iowa City Community School District come from buildings and facilities. Of emissions from buildings and facilities, 26% are from old equipment that relies on natural gas. Installing a district-owned solar farm would cost approximately $3.375 million and 7.5 acres of land. In 2006, 5% of electricity generation in Iowa came from wind; in 2019, it was 41%. For those concerned by the warming climate, 2050 is not so far away. At the behest of student activists, Iowa City school officials have promised to reach for an ambitious goal: achieve net-zero greenhouse gas em...