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Environmental educators report 5,400 student interactions and expanded field trips in 2023–24
Summary
Staff said Environmental Educators provided 150+ hours of Drop‑in Discovery programs during recess at nine school‑park sites, resulting in roughly 5,400 student interactions, and reported multiple field trips, garden visits, and youth programming partnerships during the 2023–24 school year.
Environmental Educators staff told the joint meeting that during the 2023–24 school year and summer they provided 150+ hours of free Drop‑in Discovery programs during recess across nine MPS school‑park sites, generating about 5,400 interactions with students. Staff also said they led 35 hours of free after‑school programming over 18 weeks at three school sites.
Staff provided additional counts: 120 fourth graders climbed trees with Forestry staff; field trips at Theodore Wirth Park and along the Mississippi River served 765 students; 214 rising kindergarteners visited Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden; and JD Rivers' Children's Garden served 45 students in grades 6–8 during an Expedition Minneapolis Blast offering. The report framed these activities as part of environmental stewardship and school‑park partnership work.
