At all the schools, parents volunteer in classrooms.
Parents also attend parent-teacher conferences at rates unheard of in other districts.
Parents also serve on districtwide advisory councils, are members of the booster clubs and sponsors of the middle and high school grade classes. Foster grandparents work in both elementary schools and in the day care center at Twin Buttes High School. They provide class presentations, small group activities, individual tutoring, spelling and math drill, reading, etc. For the third year, parents volunteer as crossing guards on the main highway next to the school. During the 1997-98 school year, DYE initiated and implemented a Parent Scholar Program.