Parental involvement is an important component in a student's success in school. The board encourages parents to become involved in their child's education to ensure the child's academic success.
The board will:
- Annually invite parents of Title I students to provide input on their child’s program and the program in general; Title I parents will be notified of a meeting(s) when this will take place; Title I parents will have a minimum of 2 parent/teacher conferences with the Title I teacher to review their child’s progress;
- Provide the coordination, technical assistance and other support necessary to assist participating schools in planning and implementing effective parent involvement activities to improve student academic achievement and school performance by planning on the school calendar parent/teacher conferences and by having principals assist teachers implement effective parent/teacher interaction;
- Build the schools' and parents' capacity for strong parental involvement;
- Coordinate and integrate parental involvement strategies under Title I with other programs such as Head Start, Reading First, etc.;
- Conduct with the involvement of parents, an annual evaluation of the content and effectiveness of the parental involvement policy in improving the academic quality of the school served including identifying barriers to greater participation by parents in Title I activities (with particular attention to low-income parents, Limited English Proficient (LEP) parents, minorities, parents with disabilities and parents with low literacy) and use the findings of the evaluation to design strategies for more effective parental involvement and to revise, as necessary, the parental involvement policies; and
- Involve parents in Title I activities.
The board will review this policy annually. The superintendent is responsible for notifying parents of this policy annually or within a reasonable time after it has been amended during the school year. It is the responsibility of the superintendent to develop administrative regulations regarding this policy
Approved: 12/21/2020 Reviewed: 3/18/2024 Revised: 11/16/2020
