Did you know that plastic straws can’t be easily recycled? And Americans use around 400 million plastic straws every day. As a district, we use about 3250 straws weekly, according to Teresa Maxcy, the nutrition director. Mrs. Smith’s 7th Grade Literacy class is trying to reduce this number. A lot of that plastic is going into the ocean, harming animals like this poor turtle. Skipping one straw a day can help save marine wildlife. To read more, go to the links down below.