Excerpt from feature story: north valley updates curriculum, goes green matthew ramirez 4while most citizens were in favor of making the environment a key component of the curriculum, a small minority had an aversion to change and thwarted the plans by organizing demonstrations. in response to these demonstrations, a group of concerned students wrote editorials in the local newspaper supporting the environmentally focused curriculum. one of the students wrote, “the school board's proposed curriculum may be unconventional, but it is also more inventive and pragmatic than many of the obsolete courses the school offers annually.” 5after the publication of the pupils' editorials, the contemptuous debate subsided, and the school board approved the new curriculum. consequently, the educators of north valley began utilizing the new syllabus in their lesson plans. although the environment may seem like a science-specific subject, teachers in the school found imaginative ways to interject the topic into their classes which factor was most decisive in eliminating opposition to the new green curriculum? a) support from the school board b) editorials written by students c) donations from enthusiastic parents d) the poem written by adrianne hooper

B)editorials written by students

Explanation:

The text shows that after the publication of student editorials, there was a decrease in ideas that did not support the use of the environment as a key component of the curriculum and for this reason the school board was able to approve the new curriculum. So one can conclude that the editorials written by the students were factor was more decisive in eliminating the opposition to the new green curriculum

The excerpt that states this is: " After the publication of the pupils' editorials, the contemptuous debate subsided, and the school board approved the new curriculum. "

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