27 Feb
2014
27 Feb
'14
9:49 a.m.
There was a deliberate effort by the Longview Park Community Watch (LPCW)
to engage Enloe on this and other related issues. We met with school
officials and discussed strategies for proactively engaging students on the
issue, including a concept where student organizations would design,
decorate, and deploy trashcans along Bertie Drive (if LPCW could provide
the trashcans). Reactive/punitive measures were also considered. In
addition,LPCW partnered with the Enloe National Honor Society to conduct
cleanups through the City of Raleigh's Adopt-A-Stream program. These
efforts were suspended during the stream restoration project, but now might
be a good time to rekindle them.
On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 8:46 AM, <emilycbrooks(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I agree. I am also outraged by the broken glass left
on sidewalks in that
area. Very dangerous for pets!
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On Feb 27, 2014, at 8:15 AM, Karl S <kestromb(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Let's do a big neighborhood clean up and then just leave the trash bags at
the school's doorsteps. They might take the issue more seriously then.
On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 6:38 AM, Emily Orr <emily.g.orr(a)gmail.com> wrote:
We moved here in 2007, and this issue has come up
many times. We talked
about it at our community meetings and neighborhood watch meetings.
There was a general vibe that the community should not bother the school
with it. We have taken the "nice guy" approach, and it accomplishes
nothing. There have been some neighborhood cleanup events, but Steve is
right. It shows the school that the neighbors will clean it up.
Perhaps it is time to push a little harder. I suggest you take some
pictures of this - "Every time I emerge from the woods with a bag full of
plastic and styrofoam, I vow to not let this culture of littering stand." -
and contact the local news.
Dr. Emily G. Orr
Founder, Longleaf School of the Arts
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On 27 February 2014 02:39, Steve Barbour <barbourmusicbox(a)aol.com> wrote:
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While Enloe has done a certain level of diligence
by having someone
clear litter around areas of the campus, this in itself does nothing and
may be counterproductive in changing the culture of students trashing our
area. Rather than merely sweep up after its' students, I feel that there
needs to be an elevated level of enforcement, if necessary through video
surveillance and strict penalties up to and including revoking a student's
ability to park in the vicinity. I personally have been picking up litter
around the school for years and while the surface outward areas appear
mainly clean most of the time, the wooded areas and the creek are
continually overrun with the most heinous, aggravated trashing possible. I
have spoken with Enloe officials in the past and I feel they have concern
and have taken some action, but clearly it is not enough. Every time I
emerge from the woods with a bag full of plastic and styrofoam, I vow to
not let this culture of littering stand. The people of Longview Gardens
are not pigs. We are merely visited by pigs five days a week and I'd like
to say that we've had enough of it. I attended Enloe High School in the
70s and this was not EVEN an issue. It would have been ridiculously
unheard of...
Sincerely
Steve Barbour
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