Accepts a $2.8M state grant to plan living schoolyards at fifteen campuses
The district accepts a grant from the state fire agency (CAL FIRE) for a planning phase at fifteen campuses. Work includes learning what each school needs, engaging the school community in design, soil testing and a geotechnical report, and preparing for a later implementation grant. The grant runs from December 2023 through March 2025.
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- Vendor / partner
- California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE)
- Action
- Grant or funding in
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- School buildings & construction
- Term
- Dec 6, 2023 – Mar 30, 2025
- This vote
- $2,798,074.20
- Presented by
- Chief Systems and Services Officer
- File
23-2768· agendaT.-2- Outcome
- Adopted on the General Consent Report, Jan 10, 2024
Official text
Approval by the Board of Education of a Grant Agreement (#8GA22425) by and between the District and the State of California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), with District accepting a grant award in the amount of $2,798,074.20, for the purpose of supporting Oakland Living Schoolyards Planning Project, on fifteen campuses, which Project objectives during this planning phase will include increasing the understanding of the schools’ needs to transform them into living schoolyards; engaging the school community in the living school yard design; conducting soils testing and completing a geotechnical report; providing opportunities to work with science teachers to design an outdoor space that supports … curriculum; broadening the awareness of climate change; and preparation for the implementation grant project, for the term, December 6, 2023 through March 30, 2025.
History
- Adopted on the General Consent Report