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- About two years ago,

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we started a parent-to-parent outreach program

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in the community.

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And, that was a very difficult thing to do.

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But we had a lot of success with it.

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In fact, in about 27 presentations we trained 307 parents.

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Which may not sound like that much but,

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our schools really

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gave us accolades

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for the efforts that we were

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putting into the community

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and specifically with regard to parent involvement.

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So, one of our schools just recently has

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been able to

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contract out with two parents

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that are going to continue those efforts.

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So before

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we were all trying things

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and now it's becoming more of

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something that you'll see in the school districts.

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Which is great because that's

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the sustainability of it all.

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It doesn't always have to come through our SFA Office.

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It's something that they see of value

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and we're really proud of that.

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So with that we have a goal

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that we contact almost every parent,

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so 80% of our parents, from now until September 2016.

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And so we're really being mindful

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of the role that parents play

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and achieving the goals of the GEAR UP grant.