No back pack goes home until the parents listen to the design of the program. One teacher had parents take turns reading to the kindergarten class. She found out that she first had to teach the parent how to read before the parent would come in. The teacher gave her a very easy book to read, practiced with her, and coached the parent when the parent read to the class. One school has a dinner after the presentation.
Teachers sometimes have several workshops in one night for parents of a specific grade level.
Parents have a choice where they want to go and rotate to three out of four choices or two choices out of four etc. Other times teachers volunteer a presentation which is open for the entire school. Workshops center on math for different levels, various aspects of reading including an introduction to various types of literature for parents to read to the children, values, behavioral problems, enrichment, etc. Some parents are apprehensive about coming in, others are working when the meetings are called, others have too many little ones at home, still others have no transportation. A few parents are just indifferent.