Throughout the West, myriad efforts are underway to expand youngsters access to fresh, locally grown food.
The University of California Cooperative Extension and its community partners have received nearly $500,000 from the state Department of Food and Agriculture to expand farm-to-school projects.
The CDFA Office of Farm to Fork s 2021 California Farm to School Incubator Grant Program has awarded $8.496 million in grants to 60 farm-to-school projects throughout the state, including a pair of UC Cooperative Extension projects.
Farm-to-school programs are far from just a California thing, however. For instance, Montana schools projects will be highlighted at the Montana Farm to School Summit in August.
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Tuolumne County Superintendent Of Schools Office
Sonora, CA The Tuolumne County Superintendent of Schools Office has received a distinguished honor from California Superintendent of Schools Tony Thurmond.
It is one of only 20 in the state recognized as a 2021 “Model School Attendance Review Board Winner.”
A School Attendance Review Board, better known by the acronym SARB, helps ensure that students are attending classes and having educational needs met, regardless of life challenges.
Thurmond says, “These 19 school districts, and one county office of education, created exemplary plans and worked hard to follow through on them to help students stay engaged in their education all during the unprecedented closure of our schools due to a global pandemic.”
Cathy Parker
Sonora, CA The COVID-19 pandemic has been very challenging for educators, students and families with distance learning.
Recently, the state has lifted some of its mandates and Governor Gavin Newsom has made a push to get students back into the classroom. For an overview of where things stand now for schools, we turned to Tuolumne County Superintendent of Schools Cathy Parker for an update. She is this weekend’s Mother Lode Views guest. Parker covered topics include how students, parents and teachers are dealing with the pandemic especially since returning to in-person learning, COVID restriction changes by the state and feds, as well as the future. Parker spoke about the lasting impacts of the virus, “We’ll never do education the same way again. We’
Updated Tuolumne County Superintendent Of Schools Office
Sonora, CA Professionals from dozens of companies will be instructing hundreds of local students via “zoom” as part of Engineers and Scientists In Schools week, taking place throughout this week. The Tuolumne County Superintendent of Schools office will be collaborating with the San Fransisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) to bring experts from a plethora of fields to help instruct students in a variety of topics. Twenty-nine classes at eight different schools totaling six-hundred and fifty students will be digitally instructed on subjects and activities such as how to solve engineering challenges to exploring shark teeth.