This enables staff development activities to occur earlier in the day. School is 15 minutes longer each day. Implemented an after school program. Supported parent education. As many parents have limited formal education, school staff link parents with GED classrooms.
Children receive the added benefit of having parents who are also students.
Actively engaged in life-long learning process. Price stressed the importance of educators' showing students that they, too, are learners. Also, the students saw their principal participating in the joys and challenges of learning their language. Price is a leader who views herself as a learner and community member. Her continuous hard work of creating and sustaining relationships with the families in particular has contributed to her vision of a model school.