![Alexander Oki ‘28 picks up trash in the lower parking lot Feb. 20. According to Keep America Beautiful, the majority of the trash found on both roads and waterways consists of fast food wrappers and packaging, receipts and plastic beverage bottles. Clubs like the National Honor Society (NHS) offer students the opportunity to earn service hours by cleaning up the trash in the parking lots. “[The trash] makes us look very unhygienic and unmotivated to be a proper school,” Emberlyse Vidal ‘28 said. “It makes us look like we just don't care about our students' environments.”](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/20260220_1355020-2-1200x904.jpg)
On Nov. 7, voters came to the polls to vote on a variety of different issues.
Included on the ballot this year were the 5A Mill Levy Override and the 5B Bond Measure. Both of these would provide resources to Douglas County School District in one way or another, whether that be increasing teacher pay, building new schools or updating the old ones.
Ultimately, the community voted to pass 5A, but did not pass 5B.
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