Hollibrook pays a parent to teach classes in its Parent University program. ESL classes are offered to parents of LEP students. Linda Vista organizes four to six workshops a year for parents on topics such as drug and gang issues. Inter-American also sponsors parenting workshops, including a highly successful one on teenage issues. Wiggs provides parents with training activities on study skills and parenting strategies.
Schools make efforts to inform and involve parents.
Schools strive to communicate with parents about the school and about their children, often in their own language. This is facilitated by the schools' hiring of bilingual teachers and administrative staff. In addition, many schools have designated personnel whose job in large part is to interact with parents. Linda Vista has a formal parent outreach committee and also employs three community aides. The aides call the homes of absent students, translate written materials intended for parents, interpret at parent-teacher conferences, make home visits about attendance or other student problems, and help families obtain medical care, clothing, and other needed services.