Trustee pulls garden‑education contract for cost breakdown; staff to return June 18
Trustee Wax pulled a contract for garden‑education services (consent item Y) citing concerns about high hourly costs and limited cohort size. Principal O'Meara and Director Silviora said districtwide garden programming is expanding; the board directed staff to return with a cost breakdown and options at the June 18 meeting.
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Trustee Wax asked the board to pull Consent item Y (a contract for garden‑education services at Pacific Grove Community High School), saying she was concerned about the contract’s cost per hour and the limited number of students served. Trustee Wax described figures from the contract as high relative to the cohort served and asked whether the program could be expanded or the contractor’s price reduced.
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