The Brooklyn Urban Garden Charter School (BUGS) is looking to
incorporate environmentally friendly practices into the
curriculum. Along with math, reading, social studies and other
typical subjects, this new school will have classes like
composting, growing an edible garden and even monitoring the
school's energy usage. The school will be in District 15, which
serves the neighborhoods of Gowanus, Red Hook, Sunset Park,
Kensington, Carroll Gardens and Park Slope. Roughly 100 sixth-
grade students from the district will be randomly selected from
a list of applicants. The lottery system will be held in March,
and the students who have been accepted will be announced in
April. “We're unique in that we're very community based,” said
Susan Tenner, co-founder and executive director of BUGS. She
went on to say that the new public middle school will have a
blend of hands-on learning programs while maintaining
traditional modes of instruction. The concept of using
environmentally green practices as the focal point for B