Additionally, the grocery store donates grocery items for special occasions and hosts field trips for the students. The elementary school's collaborative partnerships with local business benefit students. These concerns were also reflected in comments from teachers and parents in the focus group and the public forum. That's the perception, at least. It depends on how you count heads.
Any special programs offered have to include transportation.
Have to reach out to many parents in their own homes and community. The responses to community and parent questions from teachers and parents are shown in Exhibit 1-9 . This type of focus would be helpful given the district's efforts to establish a parenting center at the donated community center in fall 2000. With the district's limited resources, however, it may be possible for the district to locate one or more community members to assist with planning the activities of the parenting center and obtaining the needed resources to ensure its success. To begin the planning process the administration should conduct a survey of parents and community members to determine what skills exist in the community, what obstacles exist that prevent involvement, their needs as far as training and information, and their ideas for increasing involvement.