COMMITTEE CHARGE

The Environmental Education Committee will meet throughout the school year to:
  • Work with the school administration and faculty to plan environmental programs school-wide and for students at each grade level;
  • Coordinate the efforts of community environmental educators as they interface with the school;
  • Encourage the incorporation of the School Forest into the Garrison School curricula and foster environmental studies, conservation concepts and recreation;
  • Advise the Board of the best means to preserve and make accessible the historic South Redoubt fort area;
  • Coordinate sustainability efforts including, for example: EcoKids, Explorers Club, recycling, and maintenance of the School Forest and courtyard gardens;
  • Encourage PTA and Garrison Children’s Education Fund sponsorship and support of Environmental Education Programs.

REPORTS TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION

The Environmental Education Committee is advisory in nature. The Environmental Education Committee will provide minutes of meetings to the Board of Education. Committee research and recommendations in the form of a written report will be presented to the Board of Education for review, discussion and action. The Board of Education is not bound by the Committee’s recommendations and it may reject any that it determines are not in the best interest of the District.
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