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Commentary: Meet the Parents?

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Lack of trust

Attending school while working

Single parent

Multiple children

Poverty

Working several jobs

Childcare

Location

Transporta-tion

Working several jobs

Both parents work

Apathy

Has given up on child

Overwhelmed

Working several jobs

Employer docks pay

No tie to community

Two school meetings same day

Intimidated

Schedule conflict

Language barriers

Lack of mobility

Mental illness

Did not received notice

PARENT INVOLVEMENT It’s the LAW!! NCLB lincludes 176 paragraphs, 623 lines, 5,397 words on how schools must involve parents if they want Title 1 money!

'Most or all parents attend school open house events in 72 percent of schools that have a low concentration of poverty compared with only 28 percent of schools with a high poverty concentration' (National Center for Education Statistics,)

Schools hope for parent involvement, but parents, particularly in poorer school districts, do not always have the means or motivation to make it to meetings.

Ideas to Increase Participation Raffle Prizes Bingo Night Food Door Prizes Ice Cream Socials Free child care