Approves after the fact up to $8,000 for Growing Together-Bay Area garden lessons at Bunche Academy

Growing Together-Bay Area will give students weekly project-based garden lessons tied to academic standards, covering plant science, art and plants, and careers in hospitality, tourism and recreation. The term is September 1, 2025 through June 1, 2026. The Board is ratifying this agreement, which means approving it after it was already in place.

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Vendor / partner: Growing Together-Bay Area · Oakland, CA
Action: New agreement
Category: Classroom & academic programs
Term: Sep 1, 2025 – Jun 1, 2026
This vote: $8,000
Schools: Ralph J. Bunche Academy
Funding: Measure H
Resource / site: 9339-309
Vendor no.: 008036
Presented by: Chief Academic Officer
File: 25-2393 · agenda O.-34
Outcome: Adopted on the General Consent Report, Oct 22, 2025

Official text

Ratification by the Board of Education of a Services Agreement 2025-2026 by and between the District and Growing Together-Bay Area, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide project-based learning opportunities centered on Garden education to students weekly to accomplish various tasks aligned with academic standards’ explore the science of plants, the intersection of Art and plants, and explore careers aligned with HTR (Hospitality, Tourism, and Recreation) at Ralph J. Bunche Academy, for the period of September 1, 2025 through June 1, 2026, in an amount not to exceed $8,000.00.

History

Oct 22, 2025 Adopted on the General Consent Report

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