Involving parents and the community in children's education is essential to effective educational service delivery. SISD has a number of innovative programs to cultivate such relationships. Exhibit 3-22 shows the number of volunteers who signed in at each school from 1995 to 1997. Combined with Escontrias El.
Many schools have parent rooms where parents can convene to work on projects for the school.
In some schools, the parent room has become, in effect, a community center. In some schools, teachers conduct home visits to ensure that parents are involved in their children's education. During these home visits, the teachers may talk with parents about specific issues regarding their children or the school. In some cases, the teachers provide parents with training in how to help their children with their school work. Parental involvement is a requirement of Title I funding.