Avondale Fifth-Grader Sets Example for Environmental Stewardship Avondale School District fifth-grader, Nicole Schroeder, entered and won the 2017 Oakland County NoHaz Poster Contest to promote safe and proper disposal of common household items. The contest, announced in December, 2016 by Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson, promotes behaviors conducive to an environmentally responsible way to dispose of hazardous household waste. Seventeen communities make up the Oakland County … [Read more...]