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Board asked finance committee to study hiring family-school collaboration specialists; five FTE previously funded but removed
Summary
District staff outlined a family-school collaboration strategy and cost scenarios for reinstating specialist positions. The district said five FTE had previously been funded (about $410,000); trustees asked the finance committee to study options including scaling to title-1 schools or districtwide.
District staff presented a summary of family- and community-engagement strategies and requested board guidance on whether to restore dedicated family-school collaboration specialist positions. The item came during the Oct. 21 reports and discussion agenda.
Doctor Ruiz (presentation) summarized three priorities: deepen family engagement and learning partnerships, strengthen school-community partnerships and improve multilingual and multi-channel communications. The district said that in an earlier period five…
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