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Benfield Elementary attains Maryland Green School status

Published 05/13/08

Benfield Elementary is officially a Maryland Green School, with rain barrels to catch water for the new perennial garden, butterflies and ladybugs to pollinate and protect it, and less noise and air pollution, to boot.

Julie H. Mann - For The Capital Ben Claar, 7, prepares to plant a serviceberry, as Jack Murray, 6, Surisitee Motiram, 5, and Delaney Ott, 7, consider what to plant in the new native garden at Benefield Elementary School.
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This ecological transformation was an entire school year in the making.

Parent Kim McGrath and Gina Fisher, a first-grade teacher, developed the program under the auspices of the Benfield PTA.

Mrs. McGrath has two children at the school. "One of the best things we did was to get the school buses to turn their engines off when they wait for students to board. It cuts down so much on the noise and...

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