Chen Ching-chun (陳清圳), acting dean of the Changhu Junior High School in Yunlin County’s Gukeng Township (古坑), on Saturday posted a Facebook message, looking to hire a sheep due to the fact that grass is growing too fast for the school’s janitor to deal with.
The school, founded a year ago, is renowned for its green credentials, Chen said, adding that when the school was constructed, the terrain, future management and the aesthetic qualities of the campus were taken into consideration.
Poaceae grass was chosen as the stems are resistant to trampling and it does not need to be cut constantly Chen said, but over the past year, the weeds have slowly overgrown the grass.
The environment has became quite messy and has become the habitat of worms and mosquitoes, Chen said.
As the school is still in its early days, there is only one janitor and the other teachers are too busy to help with weeding the school grounds, Chen said, adding that as it was built on the slopes of a mountain, there are parts of the campus that cannot be reached with lawn mowers.
As the school is dedicated to preserving the environment, it does not wish to use chemicals to kill the weeds, he said, and he decided to post a message looking to hire a sheep after he remembered seeing sheep grazing by the road on Orchid Island (蘭嶼, also known as Lanyu).
According to Chen, he received a reply from Lanyu Liouyou Elementary School prinicipal Chung Min-hua (鍾敏華) who promised to send two sheep to Changhu Junior High School.
However, Chen said he was concerned with the possibility of the sheep getting sea-sick and also with the issue of transportation fees, and therefore the school is hoping for a kind-hearted donor closer to the school.
The idea of hiring sheep has prompted discussion among netizens, with some saying that sheep were not the best choice to get rid of grass, as they also might tear up the flowers on the campus in the process.
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