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District outlines family-engagement push: home visits, translation pilots and parent academies
Summary
Deputy Superintendent Jose Escobano presented a district-wide family-engagement plan highlighting home visits, a shift away from punitive attendance measures, an enrollment/balloting software rollout, a translation-hardware pilot funded by the state, and a January parent academy and fair for family outreach.
Deputy Superintendent Jose Escobano presented a multi-pronged "family empowerment" strategy the district said is intended to boost communication with families and connect them to supports.
Escobano recounted last year's home-visit work, saying the district completed 119 home visits and trained 51 teachers to conduct visits designed to co-create plans with families. "The purpose is to empower families to co create plans and support them," he said, and added that the district has shifted away from punitive attendance approaches toward working with families to identify barriers.
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