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Wenatchee board discusses barriers and strategies to boost parent and family engagement
Summary
The board and Director Tim Shepherd focused on improving two‑way communication with families, particularly historically underserved groups, and discussed using school events, orientations and targeted outreach to increase participation and measure impact on student outcomes.
Director of state and federal programs Tim Shepherd told the board that parent and family engagement is a district problem of practice: the district relies heavily on one‑way communications (newsletters, mass emails) and lacks systematic tracking to link engagement to student outcomes.
"We rely on newsletters, and…small to dominate emails dominate," Shepherd said, summarizing a key barrier to meaningful back‑and‑forth with families.
Board members and staff offered practical ideas during a wide‑ranging…
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