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East Haven High School awarded $86,000 grant to build year‑round greenhouse; middle school receives after‑school grant
Summary
District staff said two recent grant awards fully funded an $86,000 greenhouse at East Haven High School and a middle-school after‑school program; officials said the projects will begin quickly and include CTE and special‑education participants.
An assistant superintendent for the East Haven School District told the board that two recently submitted grant proposals have been fully funded: a middle-school after‑school program and an $86,000 grant to build a year‑round greenhouse at the high school.
“We submitted a grant proposal to put a fully functioning greenhouse out outside near the garden. It would be year round, with irrigation and heating, and it's fairly large. It was an 86,000 grant proposal that was fully funded,” the assistant superintendent said.
District staff said the greenhouse will link to the high school’s existing garden, be available year round with irrigation and heating, and involve CTE teachers and transition/life-skills special‑education students. Staff said the grant comes from a private organization and is not highly restricted, allowing quicker access to funds and faster implementation. The assistant superintendent said work could begin “very, very quickly.”
Why it matters: staff said the greenhouse would expand hands‑on CTE and life‑skills instruction and provide a year‑round learning space that can support vocational pathways and special‑education transition programming.
Who spoke: an assistant superintendent (name not specified in the transcript) reported the awards; CTE teachers and special‑education staff were cited as participants. No formal board action on the grants was recorded in this meeting’s transcript.
