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Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Zachary Reidman, Berkeley, CA, for the latter to expand a community garden at Oakland International High School located at 4521 Webster Street; coordinate with bilingual community navigators to support newcomer refugee families with garden plots and affiliated programming, and coordinate and consult with FSCP staff member Nate Dunstan, Refugee and Aslyee Program Specialist; oversee family outreach and "on-boarding", building of the garden beds, planting, necessary materials and donations, and the development and implementation of a garden based ELD and health curriculum, so refugee families who participate in the garden will have a plot of rich soil to grow their own food and work with their family and others from the community, practice and improve their English and increase their comfort and experience interfacing with District staff and school campus which, in turn, will increase their comfort interacting with their child's school; finally, they will be able to spend a significant amount of time outside each week, taking part in a healthy, productive activity that will benefit their family in a variety of ways, for the period of October 1, 2013 through August 15, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $9,000.00.