Secret gardens defy Weast ban
The Washington Post:
Frustration sprouts in Montgomery County over resistance to school gardens
...Montgomery County's handful of school vegetable gardens came about only because some schools went rogue and built them without central office permission. Parents whisper about them and try to shield them from publicity...
"Elsewhere, there's so much energy right now" around vegetable gardens at schools, Dill said. In Montgomery, by contrast, "it feels like molasses," she said.
This article makes clear what the hold up is: if parents and teachers got together to help their children learn about where their food comes from, and how to grow a garden, Carver would lose control. For MCPS it's all about control. It is also worth noting that Mr. Birnbaum did not think it worth his time to interview anyone on the Board of Education. After all, it is the Board that makes the rules, not public employees at MCPS.
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