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County education coordinator reports expanded school and community conservation outreach
Summary
Pottawattamie County’s education coordinator described a year of expanded classroom programs, field days, camps and community partnerships that reached hundreds of students and local residents.
Lauren Munson, Pottawattamie County education coordinator for soil and water conservation, reported to the Board of Supervisors on her outreach achievements and upcoming programs.
Munson told supervisors her position — funded by the county — led hands-on conservation and agriculture lessons across county schools. She said the program has reached well over 1,000 students in the past year and approaches 2,000 over the past two-and-a-half years through classroom visits, after-school clubs and field days.
Key details Munson provided included classroom lesson counts (she cited several hundred lessons during the school year), participation in STEM and career events, the “conservation superheroes” after-school club serving about 60 children, and a poster contest whose district winner advanced to state and national competition. She described multi-day outdoor learning weeks (“School of the Wild”) that served 52 Underwood students and 229 Titan Hill students, a botany/field day for 5th graders, and summer camps organized in partnership with county conservation staff.
Munson credited the board’s support for making the full-time coordinator position possible and said neighboring districts have taken notice; county supervisors and staff praised the position’s value to schools and the community.
