- About two years ago,
we started a parent-to-parent outreach program
in the community.
And, that was a very difficult thing to do.
But we had a lot of success with it.
In fact, in about 27 presentations we trained 307 parents.
Which may not sound like that much but,
our schools really
gave us accolades
for the efforts that we were
putting into the community
and specifically with regard to parent involvement.
So, one of our schools just recently has
been able to
contract out with two parents
that are going to continue those efforts.
So before
we were all trying things
and now it's becoming more of
something that you'll see in the school districts.
Which is great because that's
the sustainability of it all.
It doesn't always have to come through our SFA Office.
It's something that they see of value
and we're really proud of that.
So with that we have a goal
that we contact almost every parent,
so 80% of our parents, from now until September 2016.
And so we're really being mindful
of the role that parents play
and achieving the goals of the GEAR UP grant.