| Item Title: | Approval of Memorandum of Understanding between The Regents of the University of California University of California, Santa Barbara and Santa Barbara Unified School District, Franklin Children's Center for the 2012-13 School Year | | Agenda Title: | Approval of Memorandum of Understanding between The Regents of the University of California, University of California, Santa Barbara and Santa Barbara Unified School District, Franklin Children’s for the 2012-13 School Year | | Background: | With a $1.2 million Science Education Partnership Award from the National Institutes of Health, researchers at University of California, Santa Barbara may help level the playing field, and give preschoolers important lessons in health and biology. The grant will support the design and implementation of a preschool biology curriculum for low-income children to foster conceptual understanding of cold/flu prevention as well as food and nutrition. The curriculum will provide children with a rudimentary conceptual understanding of germ biology as a rationale. This type of information can help children remember what they should do to prevent illness and promote better hygiene. Similarly, a biological reason related to how food helps people grow or stay healthy may foster compliance with eating vegetables. The project, which will continue over five years, is focused on English learners. | | Recommendation: | That the Board of Education approve the Memorandum of Understanding between The Regents of the University of California University of California, Santa Barbara and Santa Barbara Unified School District, Franklin Children’s Center for the 2012-13 school year. | | Resource Person: |
Emilio Handall, Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Education
Debi Badger, Child Development and After School Program Director
| | Fiscal Impact: | No fiscal impact to the District. | | Funding Source: | |
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