District Administration – Lori Capullo
“Parent and family engagement and consultation have always been a key component of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), known since 2002 as No Child Left Behind (NCLB). Only when those closest to students are engaged and involved in decision-making and planning can gaps in educational opportunity and achievement begin to close. Today, in the wake of an isolating school year spent without in-person teacher-parent-student interaction, a host of ideas, programs and tools exist to make the development of modern parent-and-family-engagement policies easier to implement and more appealing, regardless of the student’s or family’s circumstances. Here are 5 of those ideas:” (more)