It comes as the Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD) tells CBS Sacramento that six other elementary schools within the district have already made the switch and that they consider the move safe and sustainable.
Mar created an online petition with several hundred signatures to try to stop the switch to artificial turf, saying she does not want her child playing at recess on plastic.
In a statement to CBS News Sacramento, SCUSD says student safety is always a primary consideration when making decisions about school facility improvements.
When it comes to how turf impacts kids specifically, Dianne Woelke, a board member for the nonprofit Safe Healthy Playing Fields, says kids are not just 'small adults' and have a higher risk of negative impacts.
SCUSD cited California research that found no significant risk from synthetic turf fields, calling the product safe and sustainable.
Vargas points to a significant move made by the Los Angeles Unified School District last year, impacting all elementary and middle school campuses. "The biggest school district in California just voted to ban all artificial turf. It's the wrong direction," said Vargas. "I think the tide is turning on plastic. It's not climate-friendly." And as for the students, a Crocker/Riverside Elementary sixth grader tells CBS Sacramento they play outside at least twice a day and students prefer grass, not turf.
At SCUSD's board meeting on Thursday, district leaders are expected to approve a CEQA exemption related to the project. The parents say they will be there in numbers to speak out against it.
"They talk green school yards, but what we're getting is a plastic school yard," said Vargas.SCUSD says the move comes as the district is thinking deeply about how to adapt to a rapidly changing climate, as well as mitigate its impact on it.
Hence then, the article about sacramento parents fight move to replace grass with artificial turf at elementary school was published today ( ) and is available on CBS sacramento ( Middle East ) The editorial team at PressBee has edited and verified it, and it may have been modified, fully republished, or quoted. You can read and follow the updates of this news or article from its original source.
Read More Details
Finally We wish PressBee provided you with enough information of ( Sacramento parents fight move to replace grass with artificial turf at elementary school )
Also on site :