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Wenatchee board examines barriers to family engagement and practical outreach ideas
Summary
Tim Shepherd described parent and family engagement as a district problem of practice; board members identified barriers (one‑way communication, language, schedules, tech) and proposed tactics including orientation for families, leveraging school events, employer outreach and incentives.
Tim Shepherd, the district’s director of state and federal programs, presented parent and family engagement as a problem of practice and asked the board for observations and ideas to increase meaningful participation from historically underserved families.
Why it matters: parent and family engagement is embedded in state and federal program requirements and in the district’s Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP). Shepherd and board members tied stronger two‑way engagement to improved student outcomes and said the district needs measurable ways to link engagement strategies to learning results.
Barriers identified included reliance on one‑way communication…
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