Hi, We found that if we want parents to show up for meetings there were several things we had to do. Whenever the children are involved in some performance parents will show up. Another time they had a project where both parents and children had to do an activity together.
Baby sitting is provided using high school student along with adults.
After the meeting the children performed. Providing some door prizes and food brought parents in. Sending out a bus along with the principal picking up some parents helped attendance. Providing parents with a bag of hands on material or a back pack of books brings practically every parent in but at different times. No back pack goes home until the parents listen to the design of the program.