Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, February 17, 2016, 1:02 PM
Town Square
Making Mountain View schools a little greener
Original post made on Feb 18, 2016
Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, February 17, 2016, 1:02 PM
Comments (3)
Posted by Step up School Board
a resident of Rengstorff Park
on Feb 18, 2016 at 1:50 pm
a resident of Rengstorff Park
on Feb 18, 2016 at 1:50 pm
Our schools and kids would really benefit from this.
School Board members, here's a chance to redeem yourselves. I urge you to step up, be creative, and work with other organizations to bring greener schoolyards to our district.
Posted by Mountain View Mom
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Feb 18, 2016 at 4:58 pm
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Feb 18, 2016 at 4:58 pm
I wholeheartedly agree with Step Up School Board. The Water District has lots of funding for this kind of thing and we should jump on it before it's all gone.
Posted by Community Member
a resident of Shoreline West
on Feb 18, 2016 at 5:55 pm
a resident of Shoreline West
on Feb 18, 2016 at 5:55 pm
Just two days ago the Mountain View Voice posted an article with these findings:
"In the district's 2013-14 California Healthy Kids Survey, between 14 and 17 percent of students reported they had seriously considered suicide in the last year, and more than a quarter of student respondents said they were dealing with chronic sadness and hopelessness."
Natural schoolyards improve learning and children's physical and mental well-being. The Children & Nature Network has posted research studies reflecting that green schoolyard's improve children's well-being, diminish stress, strengthen attention, reduce behavior problems, and help develop resilience in children of all ages.
Don't miss out
on the discussion!
Sign up to be notified of new comments on this topic.
Post a comment
Stay informed.
Get the day's top headlines from Mountain View Online sent to your inbox in the Express newsletter.
