School Forest

School Forest logoSchool Board Sample Resolutions

The following, four example resolutions can be used as a model for forming a School Forest resolutions.

1."NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT: Approximately thirty acres currently known as the Stillwater Area High School Environmental Learning Center within Parcel B (Section 1) be designated as an outdoor classroom and Minnesota School Forest."

2. "Resolved, the Board of Education of Lake Superior School District No. 381 approves the establishment of a Silver Bay School Forest and outdoor classroom comprising 40 acres described as the SW1/4 of the NW 1/4 , Section 36, Township 56 North, Range 8 West, and supports enrollment of said school forest in the DNR School Forest Program for educational purposes."

3. "Be it resolved by the School Board of Independent School District No. 719, State of Minnesota, as follows: That the forest land within the Five Hawks Outdoor Learning Center be designated School Forest land and be named Five Hawks School Forest."

4."BE IT RESOLVED by the School Board of Independent School District No. 622 that 3 acres of land located at T29N R22W, Section 13 be designated as an outdoor classroom and Minnesota School Forest, effective May 15, 2002."