Ask your community agencies to lend their vans or buses to transport parents and senior citizens to school functions. Try to get media coverage of special school events. Place suggestion boxes in key locations in the school and community. For this to be effective, someone needs to respond to each suggestion. Attract parents to school events by putting their children on the programs.
Children can introduce speakers, perform, serve as ushers, be greeters, or have many other duties.
Hold a discussion of the movie afterwards. Initiate enrichment courses or evening talks on communication, discipline, peer pressure, study habits, careers, or drug and alcohol abuse for junior high school students and their parents. Invite a few parents and community leaders for an informal meeting with the principal. Encourage parents to attend athletic events. Work on getting other parents involved also.