Partner News: Middle School Students Solve for Runoff

Maplewood Middle School Rain Garden Project

A partnership between a school and the Ramsey Washington Metro Watershed District

During a stormwater engineering unit at Maplewood Middle School, science teachers Sara Palchik and Julie Cazett encouraged their students to think of real world solutions to the runoff generated by lawns and parking lots on their own school grounds. After weighing the options, the students suggested planting a rain garden.

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