Copy of 1110.1 School, Family, and Community Partnerships

Book                       Policy Manual

Section                    0000/1000 - Community/Board Operations

Title                      School, Family, and Community Partnerships

Code                       1110.1

Status                     Active

Adopted                    December 11, 2007

Last Revised               July 13, 2021




                              SCHOOL, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS


Considerable evidence indicates that meaningful involvement of parents, guardians, and other caregivers in the
schooling of children improves the quality of education significantly. The Board of Education believes that closer
connections of parents and others responsible for the home care of the children with our schools can result in
enhanced academic performance, improved behavior, and reduced absenteeism.

Therefore, all parents, guardians, and caregivers of students enrolled in our school district are encouraged to
take an active role in the education of their children.

Further, the Board of Education believes that the administration should take steps to facilitate a broad variety of
opportunities for parents to connect frequently with the schools in which their children are enrolled, and with the
overall system. Each option should:

         encourage strong home-based partnerships;
         provide for consistent and effective communication between the parents, guardians, and caregivers, and
         school officials;
         offer parents, guardians, and caregivers ways to assist and encourage their children to do their best;
         offer ways parents, guardians, and caregivers can support classroom learning activities; and
         provide opportunities for parents, guardians, and caregivers to have a voice in the planning and decision-
         making at both the school and district level.

In order to afford all parents, and caregivers opportunities for involvement in the educational process, activities
and the scheduling of those activities must take into account the needs of working parents, guardians, and
caregivers.

Some mechanisms that have been shown to be successful in fostering home-school connections are parent
newsletters, open houses, parenting education workshops, parent-teacher organizations, parent forums, parent
participation on school governing councils, parent participation on district and/or building committees and task
forces, and classroom volunteerism.

Legal                      Conn. Gen. Stat. §10-221 Boards of Education to prescribe rules, policies, and
                           procedures as amended by P.A. 97-290.




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