A pleasingly small amount of trash was collected—a mixed success for the 5th-grade cleanup campaign

Most people understand that a clean environment starts with sweeping in front of your own door and picking up trash every now and then. The fifth-grade students understood this, too. Full of enthusiasm, they set out on July 21, 2015, wearing gloves and equipped with tongs and trash bags, and combed through the school grounds and along the access roads.

Although they had searched and collected diligently and intensively for a while, their haul was rather meager.

Should we be disappointed by this?