Alachua
District Resources Promising Practices
Alachua County Rural High School/High Tech
Gainesville Area High School/High Tech
Career exploration, work-based learning, youth leadership
Center for Independent Living of North Central Florida
222 SW 36th Terrace
Gainesville, FL 32607
Amy Tharpe, HS/HT Program Director
(352) 378-7474 or amy@cilncf.org
High School/High Tech serves high school students with all types of
disabilities ages 14-22 who are pursuing various diploma options and are
interested in technology-related careers.
Farm
to School to Work Hub
Farm to School to Work Hub is
a place where students can learn about the food system by experiencing it. A
joint venture between the Food and Nutrition Department (FNS) and the
Exceptional Student Education Department (ESE) of the Alachua County Public Schools
G.E.T. program, the Hub has grown into a school lunch machine, producing over
150 heads of lettuce each week for use in school salads, aggregating and
packaging produce from local farms for school lunches district-wide, and
operating a school garden demonstration area where students and teachers can
learn to grow food for the lunchroom in their own school gardens. At the
Farm to School to Work Hub, students are receiving valuable training in
horticulture, food production, food safety, and nutrition while impacting the
local food system in their community.
