Ratifies a no-cost deal with Growing Together - Bay Area for school gardens, fresh food and tree programs

Growing Together - Bay Area will provide garden and nutrition education, garden care, fruit and vegetable distribution, and tree education and planting at several Oakland schools, plus programming at Castlemont High School. It costs the district nothing. The agreement runs December 2, 2022 through June 30, 2023, and the Board is ratifying it, meaning the period began before this vote.

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Vendor / partner: Growing Together - Bay Area · Pinole, CA
Action: MOU or data sharing
Category: Classroom & academic programs
Term: Dec 2, 2022 – Jun 30, 2023
Schools: Markham, International Community School, Think College Now, Melrose Leadership Academy, Esperanza, Korematsu, Urban Promise Academy, Castlemont High School
Funding: No Fiscal Impact
Vendor no.: 008036
Presented by: Chief Academic Officer
File: 22-2926 · agenda T.-62
Outcome: Adopted on the General Consent Report, Jan 17, 2023

Official text

Ratification by the Board of Education of a Services Agreement 2022-2023 - No Cost by and between the District and Growing Together - Bay Area, Pinole, CA, for the latter to provide site stewardship and community engagement for current and former installations carried out in partnership with the Trust for Public Land (Markham, International Community School, Think College Now and Melrose Leadership Academy), Garden/nutrition education programming and support of garden stewardship (Esperanza, ,Korematsu, and Urban Promise Academy), Fresh Food Access and Promotion Initiatives through fruit and vegetable distribution, Tree education and distribution (Korematsu, Esperanza, Melrose Leadership Academy, International Community School and Think College Now), and Programming at Castlemont High School, via Community Schools and Student Services Department, for the period of December 2, 2022 through June 30, 2023, at no cost to the District.

History

Jan 11, 2023 Postponed to a Date Certain
Jan 17, 2023 Adopted on the General Consent Report

Also on the agenda: Jan 17, 2023

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