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Solano County
Solano County has 6 school districts, 11 charter schools and 1 county office of education. In 2022 the Kitchen Infrastructure and Training (KIT) Fund sent $5.3 million to agencies in the county, and in 2025 another $1.4 million.
Every agency's KIT money
The California Department of Education (CDE) gave the 2022 round by formula to agencies that sponsor the federal school meal programs. The 2025 round was a competitive grant. Hands-on food education in school gardens is an allowed use of the 2026 money.
$5.3 million
2022 allocations
$1.4 million
2025 grants
| Agency | Type | 2022 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benicia Unified | School district | $285,473 | $220,034 | |
| Dixon Unified | School district | $463,885 | $160,670 | |
| Fairfield-Suisun Unified | School district | $1,056,846 | None listed | Priority |
| Travis Unified | School district | $499,846 | None listed | Priority |
| Vacaville Unified | School district | $1,781,963 | $562,794 | |
| Vallejo City Unified | School district | $1,019,112 | $421,003 | |
| Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Caliber: ChangeMakers Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Dixon Montessori Charter | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Elite Public | Charter school | $110,231 | None listed | Priority |
| Ernest Kimme Charter Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Griffin Academy High | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Kairos Public | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Mare Island Technology Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| MIT Academy | Charter school | $119,020 | $40,025 | |
| MIT Griffin Academy Middle | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Vallejo Charter | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Solano County Office of Education | County office of education | None listed | None listed |
2022 amounts as of March 29, 2024; 2025 amounts as of March 11, 2026.
Priority: on CDE's 2022 allocations and not on its 2025 grant list. The 2026 law (Education Code 49507) gives these agencies first priority in 2026.
A charter school that reorganized since a round may be listed under an older charter number.
Gardens in Solano County
Of the 6 school districts here, Ten Strands found public evidence of a school garden in 2 and of garden-based education in 2.
From Ten Strands' statewide district dataset, as of September 29, 2026. Ten Strands looks for public evidence, so a missing item may mean the district has not said so publicly.
School garden data
The statewide findings, the method and the validation form.
Fix your district's data
Tell Ten Strands what your district has, so the next analysis counts it.
Ten Strands' district dataset
The Data Initiative for Environmental and Climate Action in California's TK-12 Schools: some ninety indicators for every district, free to download.
Coalition members near Solano County
Member organizations in the Bay Area region, then the ones that work statewide. Not sure which one fits? Write to us at hello@caschoolgardens.org and we'll introduce you.
In the Bay Area region
Show all 17 in the Bay Area region
Statewide
Does your organization work with schools here? Add it to the coalition.