Dear Editor: The following letter was sent to Robert Roggenstein, Principal of McNair Academic High School: My wife and I have had the opportunity to share Hamilton Park with your students for the past two years. We, along with many of our fellow residents have taken increasing pride and commitment in beautifying Hamilton Park as a well-needed and highly valued green space resource. We have focused our particular attention on beautifying the gazebo garden as a way of sharing with the community our passion for gardening and beautifying open green space. The ability to do so also comes from, among other things, the flexibility of our both conducting home-based businesses. Another result of this is our opportunity to see more of what goes on in Hamilton Park. One of the not so pleasing by products of other peoples’ activities in Hamilton Park is litter. Yes this refuse comes from any different sources. However, based on over two years of our observing the litter around the gazebo and garden, we can most assuredly say that the majority of this litter comes from the by products from left over and left behind lunches of your Academic High School students. You must be aware of this because we, as with many of our neighbors, have brought this matter to your attention many times before. So why is nothing being done about this? You direct arguably the most prestigious academic high schools in our state. Shouldn’t the students who are privileged to attend your school also learn the responsibility of good citizenship? We invite you and your staff to include, as part of your students’ curriculum, the importance of environmental responsibility, respect and awareness. Perhaps the assistance of school staff to guide your students to actualize this curriculum hands-on in Hamilton Park during lunch hour might better serve to motivate a more quick result. Happy Earth Day to all. Alan Singer and Cynthia Lawton-Singer