BE A SUPERHERO FOR YOUR ENVIRONMENT! Complete ONE OR MORE of the challenges below to get a surprise reward from Ms. Molly and Rufus. Let us know when you’ve completed a challenge: Email Ms. Molly at mkinson@friscotexas.gov to turn in your reporting form (if applicable). Challenge #1:  “Track That Trash” Did you know?  The average [...]

By Barbara Kessler

Raw milk has enjoyed growing consumer attention in recent years as people have learned that it retains nutrients better than commercial milk that has undergone high-heat pasteurization.

Industrial milk producers, however, have fought this trend, painting raw milk as risky or no better nutritionally. This has led to what the Organic Consumers Association and others call the “milk wars”, in which state legislatures have been asked to either tighten or relax the laws regulating the sale of raw milk. The OCA supports raw milk producers and retailers, calling access to this natural farm product “a right” that should not be fairly regulated for safety, but not overly regulated to squash competition.

Frisco ISD is implementing an exciting new enrollment system this year from Infosnap. In an effort to reduce paper waste, improve accuracy, increase efficiency, and save parents time, we will be replacing some of our previous paper practices with online alternatives.

This new process will begin in the 2010-2011 school year. Parents will receive a letter and/or email from Frisco ISD with a unique website login and information on how to complete the required forms online. These forms will be required for student schedule pick up at the secondary level and to finalize class placement at the elementary level.

According to a new report from the President’s Cancer Panel, environmental toxins also play a significant and under-recognized role in cancer, causing “grievous harm” to untold numbers of people. Environmental Working Group’s own research has found that children are born “pre-polluted” with up to 200 industrial chemicals, pesticides and contaminants that have been found to cause cancer in lab studies or in people.

When Frisco residents took to the streets on April 24 for a morning of tidying up their city as part of the annual “Clean It & Green It,” it was the beginning of a long and fruitful day. Teams fanned out all around town. Garbage was gathered, bagged and delivered for collection. Amid all the [...]

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Fourth grader Raven Carey, of Frisco, is the winner of the Reusable Bag Artwork Contest, sponsored by City of Frisco Environmental Services. Carey was honored April 22 at the Frisco Tom Thumb, where his winning design and reusable bags featuring his artwork were unveiled to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day.