sample budgets for districts that hire for school garden positions?

[Kyla Van Deusen]

Hi all,

Does anyone have a sample budget from somewhere like Chicago or Detroit that uses district funding to support school gardens through hiring employees with school gardens in their job descriptions and/or program funding? There's a district in GA that is interested in doing this and would like to see some examples.

Thanks!

Kyla

[mel...@rvfarm2school.org]

Hi,

I would also love to see something like this! Hope someone out there feels like sharing.

Hope all is well with you Kyla,

Melina

Rogue Valley Farm to School

Ashland, OR

[Natalie McKinney]

Aloha Kyla,

I would recommend reaching out to Drew Thomas (Chicago Public Schools) and Sam Ulery (DC Public Schools)

Drew Thomas  

School Garden Coordinator
Nutrition Support Services & Office of Student Health and Wellness 

Chicago Public Schools 
42 West Madison Street, Garden Level 

Chicago, Illinois 60602 
p: (773) 553-1031 c: (815) 404-7959
e: dmtho...@cps.edu w: www.cps.edu

Sam Ullery
School Garden Specialist
Division of Health & Wellness
Office of the State Superintendent of Education
810 First Street, NE, Fourth Floor
Washington, DC 20002
Ph:  (202) 741-6485
Cell: (202) 341-0791

Email: sam.u...@dc.gov
http://osse.dc.gov/service/school-garden-program
Twitter: @OSSESGP

Please share any sample budgets if your search is fruitful.

Mahalo,

Natalie



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[Ullery, Sam (OSSE)]

Kyla,

Natalie called me out below so I’m respondingJ. Some of our school districts here in DC (including our largest DC Public Schools) staff garden programs at their school campuses using district funds. This is usually the result of a savvy principal utilizing existing positions (Science, Technology, and Reading Specialists as well as Wellness Coordinator are all common) to oversee the program, these are .5FTE positions. In schools with PTAs that are able to raise funds, sometimes these .5FTE positions become full-time with these additional funds.

 

DC Public Schools established a “School Garden Coordinator” position last year, so in theory a principal could request this position when they submit their budget. I’m not sure I can help you with your question about how districts budget for this position, and what this budget looks like. Honestly, if a principal submits a budget request (there were due last week) that includes a School Garden Coordinator Position it’s up to the district to determine if this is a priority, we have had better luck getting garden programs staffed using specialist positions.

 

The OSSE School Garden Grant funds approx. 400k annually for staffing of school garden programs here in DC, but we leave it up to the district to determine how this gets allocated.

 

I hope this helps somewhat, I too am curious to see how/if these positions are being budgeted for at the district level.

 

Best,  

 

Sam Ullery

School Garden Specialist
P: (202) 741-6485 C: (202) 341 0791

 

 

[Kyla Van Deusen]

Thanks for all the great resources and directions!

Kyla

[Ullery, Sam (OSSE)]

I’m attempting to revive this important thread at the risk of deviating slightly from the original question. Are there any school districts out there with a staffing structure in place for the school garden program? For example, is there someone at the central office who supports X# of “school garden coordinators”. What’s the total budget for this and how does this break down? Also, have districts found success providing funds to individual school campuses that then decide how these funds will be spent (hiring staff, etc.) or are funds kept at the central office to hire staff that are assigned to schools that meet the requirements to have a program?

 

There’s got to be a district out there that has this all figured out!  

 

Sam Ullery

School Garden Specialist
P: (202) 741-6485 C: (202) 341 0791

 

 

 

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Thanks for all the great resources and directions!

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