If the Waters Elementary ecology program can't bounce back without Leki, it would be 'an immense loss,' a Local School Council member said.
. “The Ecology Program at Waters is going to be defunded by 30%,” Leki wrote. “Some people in the LSC and school community have suggested that the garden is underutilized, a waste of space, and that what happens in the garden is a mystery. They say the ecology program is too expensive.”Waters Principal Peter Rutkowski, who landed the top job in the fall of 2021. Leki provided the Tribune and the Board of Education emails that appear to show behind-the-scenes discussions with Rutkowski.
It seems Leki and Rutkowski were negotiating up until the moment Rutkowski announced in a July 20 note to the school community that Leki would not return, and alternate curriculum would include students taking environmental science for half the year and technology the other half. Field trips, after-school programming and garden-upkeep plans were in flux.
Nathan Hunter, an LSC member who participated in negotiations, sent an email to Leki and Rutkowski shortly after the July 20 schoolwide announcement to express his disappointment in the abrupt turn of events. Hunter told the Tribune it’s not too late to find common ground and extend another offer to Leki. He stressed the importance and uniqueness of the ecology program and garden.
Pete Leki, left, talks with Nathan Hunter at Waters Garden next to Waters Elementary School on Aug. 27 in Chicago. “ takes the students on trips to learn about the ecology of our city, the river, the lake, the forest and the prairies. He teaches the students about composting, about climate change and about the ways that they can change their own habits to live in harmony with Chicago’s unique ecosystem,” Ford said by phone.
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