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Ratification by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and People United for a Better Life In Oakland (PUEBLO), Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide the following services: 1) Development of the program infrastructure for Castlemont High's small-scale farming, culinary arts training, field studies/natural resource stewardship, and fresh foods enterprise training programs; 2) Implementation of agricultural education, culinary arts, and farm-to-school enterprise training programs for 50 students in grades 9-12; 3) Sustainable urban design field studies, career training, college preparation, and service-learning programs serving 75 9th-12th grade students; and 4) Advanced Manufacturing program support through fablab and support and facilitation of after school and summer green jobs program; support the development of an on-site agricultural operation which will create job training and business development opportunities for Castlemont students in the emerging local foods sector, while providing a source of healthy foods to support Castlemont High School's farm-to-school activities, for the period of January 20, 2015 through June 30, 2015, in an amount not to exceed $37,000.00