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Community Meeting . December 10, 2013. Agenda. Ground Rules: Respect opinions to encourage a dialogue. Allow us to get through the presentation there will be a time for dialogue

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  1. Community Meeting December 10, 2013

  2. Agenda • Ground Rules: Respect opinions to encourage a dialogue. Allow us to get through the presentation there will be a time for dialogue • Review the situation of overcrowding, recap of meetings with the district, and understand the solution may involve a significant capital campaign by the community. • Educate the community about fundraising structure at Abernethy • Educate the community about School Kitchen Garden • Open dialogue with community to discuss values/ priorities • Discuss the SKG classroom options for next year • Gauge Community Support

  3. Abernethy Structure

  4. Not Currently Funded • Reading: specialist & program • Math Specialist • Science Lab & Instructor • Technology (instruction or hardware) • TAG specialist

  5. What is the School Kitchen Garden? • With many problems to solve, we need to decide how to manage our time: • In this meeting • As volunteers

  6. What is the School Kitchen Garden? A bridge that connects the plants in the garden to the food choices in the cafeteria, with a rigorous hands-on curriculum.

  7. How does this meet student needs? The School Kitchen Garden • provides hands-on experiential learning opportunities that engage the senses • increases the instructional time for science by providing lessons in biology, ecology, and chemistry • expands the art curriculum beyond the primary classroom by teaching culinary arts, mixed media arts, and the visual display of information • teaches real-world applications for math skills • influences positive choices in eating

  8. What Happens Next Year? tent off-campus space greenhouse cob house portable unit auditorium balcony gazebo renovation class on a cart building on the roof school boundary redefinition cafeteria sharing with the technology lab

  9. What Happens Next Year? greenhouse gazebo renovation class on a cart

  10. Comparison

  11. Questions • Are there other solutions we should explore further? • If we had to adjust the current SKG curriculum, what component(s) do you value most? • Are we ready for a capital campaign? • Are we willing to fund the program for the foreseeable future? • Are their other priorities you are concerned about funding? • How can you help with a capital campaign?

  12. Next Steps • Site Council Survey coming out to understand community priorities and we wanted you to understand the facts. • January Community Meetings will start working to: • Drill down on priorities • Restructure fundraising to make it more efficient • Identify which option to pursue for SKG classroom next year. If there is community support for a capital campaign we will vote to launch the capital campaign and commit future funds to SKG’s ongoing operational costs. • Gauge Support (Informal Bean Count) • I fully support the School Kitchen Garden program AND a capital campaign. • I fully support the School Kitchen Garden program BUT have concerns about a capital campaign. • I would like shift the balance of funding to allow for other priorities.

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