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District outlines expansion of community schools and family resource centers; aims for site-based coordinators at 12 schools
Summary
Director Julio Castro described a districtwide community schools strategy and the work of three family resource centers. The plan includes a community school coordinator at each campus, more parent-education specialists, year-round services and partnerships with health and social-service providers.
Julio Castro, director of Family and Community Engagement, told the board that Alisal Union School District’s community schools strategy will expand site-based supports and formalize services currently run through three family resource centers.
Castro read language from the California Community Schools Framework and said the district’s approach uses four pillars—academics, health and social services, youth and community development, and community engagement—to “empower our families” and address barriers to student learning. He said the district is working from a needs-and-assets…
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