Local Heroes...

When beloved 34-year-old science teacher Eric Dutt died suddenly last June because of an enlarged heart there was little that could be done to stem the feeling of loss at school. The kind of teacher who wore tie-dyed shirts to class, proudly proclaimed his vegetarian lifestyle and was able to reach kids in ways few can, Dutt often wished for an ecology center on the roof of P.S. 6, the school on the Upper East Side of NYC where he taught. So as students and staff struggled to decide how they would remember the man who touched so many, the answer soon became crystal clear: They would fulfill his dream of a greenhouse and ecology center on the school's roof. ...