The district has a parent center where parents may take parent education classes, check out books and games to use with children at home, and pick up written materials on parenting. Each classroom has a library of books, games, and computers that parents may borrow. The parent coordinators teach parent education classes at the parent center and at schools. The coordinators also use Bowdoin 1 and 2, a parenting skills program. The coordinators have not been able to involve all parents, especially those who have transportation problems or work schedules that conflict with school meetings and programs.
Coordinators often help set up car pools and even pick up parents to help increase involvement.
The program has found that offering meals and door prizes donated by local businesses, or involving children in the programs, can entice more parents to participate. Teachers attend workshops in the district and across the state to learn about using thematic units, new assessment techniques, and whole language and literacy techniques such as shared reading. First-grade teachers in the district provide workshops on Reading Recovery. Most professional development opportunities provide several sessions per topic. Title I funds the extended-day kindergarten through each school's schoolwide project budget.