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COLLINS LANE ELEMENTARY PARENT INVOLVEMENT POLICY
DEFINITION OF PARENT
The legal definition of a “parent” is a parent, stepparent, or foster parent of a student or a person
who has legal custody of a student pursuant to a court order and with whom the student resides.
For the purposes of this policy we will use the term “parent” to encompass all diverse family
situations.
COMMITMENTS
We commit to:
1. Providing opportunities through parent conferences, meetings and/or newsletters to describe
curriculum, core content, student performance standards and assessments used to measure
student progress.
2. Sharing clear information regarding individual student progress and school performance
through various and appropriate means such as individual student performance reports, school
report cards, parent meetings, conferences and newsletters as appropriate.
3. Encouraging parent involvement by hosting activities such as family literacy and math nights
that offer practical suggestions on how parents can support student learning at home.
4. Making representative parents and community members full partners in our decision-making.
5. Facilitating the involvement of our parents with limited English proficiency, parents with
disabilities, and parents of migratory children.
6. Seeking and supporting adult volunteers to work with and inspire our students, as well as
making every effort when legally appropriate to accommodate the involvement of adults other
than parents who are already involved in a student’s life.
7. Hosting an annual meeting, at the beginning of each school year, to inform parents of the
school’s participation in the Title I program, review program requirements, school-parent
compacts and parents’ right to be involved.
8. Involving parents in the planning, review and improvement of the parent involvement
programs.
9. Providing opportunities for parents to offer suggestions and participate (where appropriate) in
decisions relating to the education of their children.
10. Providing parents the opportunity to make comments on the school’s Schoolwide Program
Plan when the school submits the plan to the district.
We will honor these commitments through the school-parent compact. During an annual
meeting with parents, we will review the parent policy and compact with parents, ask for input
and then revise, if necessary.
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POLICY EVALUATION
We will evaluate the effectiveness of this policy through our School Improvement Planning
Process.
Date Adopted: November 16, 2009
Date Reviewed or Revised: 9-17-2013
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Council Chairperson’s Initials: JP
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