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Pete Leki points out details to fifth grade student Kevin Schnabel, 10, center, while working at Waters Garden next to Waters Elementary School on Aug. 27, 2022, in Chicago. Leki, whose title was director of ecology programs, lost his job recently after Chicago Public Schools administrators changed the requirements for the position.
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Pete Leki points out details to fifth grade student Kevin Schnabel, 10, center, while working at Waters Garden next to Waters Elementary School on Aug. 27, 2022, in Chicago. Leki, whose title was director of ecology programs, lost his job recently after Chicago Public Schools administrators changed the requirements for the position.

CPS ecology program disputed

By | jkim@chicagotribune.com | Chicago Tribune
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Pete Leki points out details to fifth grade student Kevin Schnabel, 10, center, while working at Waters Garden next to Waters Elementary School on Aug. 27, 2022, in Chicago. Leki, whose title was director of ecology programs, lost his job recently after Chicago Public Schools administrators changed the requirements for the position.
Pete Leki points out details to fifth grade student Kevin Schnabel, 10, center, while working at Waters Garden next to Waters Elementary School on Aug. 27, 2022, in Chicago. Leki, whose title was director of ecology programs, lost his job recently after Chicago Public Schools administrators changed the requirements for the position.
A book about local plants lies on a table with garden items at Waters Garden on Aug. 27, 2022, in Chicago.
A book about local plants lies on a table with garden items at Waters Garden on Aug. 27, 2022, in Chicago.
Pete Leki, left, talks with parents and students at Waters Garden next to Waters Elementary School on the North Side of Chicago on Aug. 27, 2022.
Pete Leki, left, talks with parents and students at Waters Garden next to Waters Elementary School on the North Side of Chicago on Aug. 27, 2022.
Pete Leki educates students and parents while working at Waters Garden next to Waters Elementary School.
Pete Leki educates students and parents while working at Waters Garden next to Waters Elementary School.
Pete Leki, left, talks with Nathan Hunter at Waters Garden next to Waters Elementary School on Aug. 27, 2022, in Chicago.
Pete Leki, left, talks with Nathan Hunter at Waters Garden next to Waters Elementary School on Aug. 27, 2022, in Chicago.
Beth Hirsley and Mahlon Hunter, 7, work on soil for planting beets at Waters Garden next to Waters Elementary School on Aug. 27, 2022, in Chicago.
Beth Hirsley and Mahlon Hunter, 7, work on soil for planting beets at Waters Garden next to Waters Elementary School on Aug. 27, 2022, in Chicago.
Pete Leki holds a bundle of weeds plucked from Waters Garden next to Waters Elementary School, Aug. 27, 2022, in Chicago.
Pete Leki holds a bundle of weeds plucked from Waters Garden next to Waters Elementary School, Aug. 27, 2022, in Chicago.
Pete Leki walks students through the grounds of Waters Garden next to Waters Elementary School on Aug. 27, 2022, in Chicago.
Pete Leki walks students through the grounds of Waters Garden next to Waters Elementary School on Aug. 27, 2022, in Chicago.

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