District details family-partnership plan; selects Blooms communication platform and expands voice visits and Spanish training

Greeley Evans School District 6 presented a progress report Feb. 10 on family partnerships within its Innovation 2030 strategic plan, including a recommendation to adopt Blooms as the districtwide family communications platform beginning fall 2025.

District leaders said the family engagement work aims to increase family satisfaction and school‑level family engagement strategies across all buildings. Assistant Superintendent Anthony Osmus, Assistant Director David Reyes and Director of Multilingual Programs Brian Lamos outlined tactics such as home “voice visits,” staff training, Spanish-for-family-partnership classes and a family engagement implementation plan tied to schools’ Unified Improvement Plans (UIPs).

Why it matters: School leaders said stronger family partnerships support student outcomes and that the district is tracking concrete goals: parent survey satisfaction, school UIP goals, and staff training to create family partnerships.

Key points reported to the board: - Communications platform: A task force vetted platforms and recommended Blooms for translation, messaging, training and security; the district plans full deployment in fall 2025. - Parent survey participation: As of the Feb. 10 presentation, the district had received more than 3,000 responses to the Panorama parent survey with the window open through Feb. 21; the district’s target is 85% satisfaction on the school climate section. - UIP family engagement goals: The district reported 93% of schools now include a family engagement goal or strategy in their UIPs. - Staff training: The district reported 55% of sites trained in family-partnership strategies and set a 2027 target of 90% of sites trained. - Voice visits and listening sessions: District staff described voice visits (home, coffee shop or other informal settings) and listening sessions as tools for relationship-building and said superintendent Dr. Pilch has participated in visits. - Spanish-for-Family-Partnership: The district offers a six-week course and uses Duolingo as a supplement; about 45 staff have participated to date.

“We recommended Blooms for the district wide communication platform which will be fully utilized in the fall of 2025,” Assistant Director David Reyes said, describing the task force’s criteria of translation, training, security and ease of use.

Board members asked about survey distribution and response rates; district staff said surveys are available in English and Spanish and that another outreach push was planned before the Feb. 21 survey close.

Ending: District leaders said they will continue rolling out training and family-partnership planning at more school sites and will report progress toward the 2027 training goal in future updates.