[meteorite-list] Middle school students lobbying Kansas lawmakers to declare official state rock

[Matt Morgan]

A girl scout troop did this for Colorado, opting for the famous Yule Marble.
See here 
<http://coloradogeologicalsurvey.org/education/state-symbols/state-rock/>

Matt

On January 28, 2015 2:38:04 AM MST, Shawn Alan via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
>Hello Listers
>
>I hope it passes be cool for Kansas have a meteorite for a state rock
>:)
>
>Shawn Alan
>IMCA 1633 
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>
>
>SHAWNEE, Kan. – A group of local middle school students are lobbying
>to change state history. The students with Monticello Trails Middle
>School, which is part of the De Soto School District, are headed to
>Topeka to argue for an official state rock.
>
>Chris Sprenger, an 8th grade student at the school, is determined to
>make the meteorite the official Kansas state rock.
>
>“The meteorite really has a connection with Kansas that it really
>doesn’t have with any of the other states in the U.S.,” Sprenger
>said.
>
>Sprenger and more than 100 other students in the district pitched the
>bill to Representative Brett Hildabrand.
>
>Lobbying for a state rock has challenged the students across the board.
>In social studies they’ve learned how bills are passed, in science
>they’ve learned about geology and rocks and in communication arts
>they’ve spent hours working on their proposal essays.
>
>source:http://fox4kc.com/2015/01/27/middle-school-students-lobbying-kansas-lawmakers-to-declare-official-state-rock/
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