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Worcester Public Schools details family-engagement overhaul as parents demand clearer test notices and NAACP calls for probe of athlete harassment
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Worcester Public Schools presented its Family & Community Engagement and Communications framework, highlighting wraparound coordinators in every building and expanded language access via ParentSquare. Parents urged standardized-testing notification and the NAACP demanded an immediate investigation into harassment of South High athletes.
Worcester — The Worcester School Committee on Tuesday heard a joint update from the district’s Family and Community Engagement director Casey Star and Chief Communications Officer Dana O’Brien outlining a new engagement framework, expanded translation capacity and districtwide communications changes aimed at boosting family participation.
Casey Star described the Family and Community Engagement framework as a “road map” to build partnerships, grow caregiver leadership and systematize supports. She said the district has placed a wraparound coordinator in every building and released a wraparound coordinator guidebook to standardize practice. Dana O’Brien said ParentSquare has been “transformative,” noting caregivers’ preference for text-based alerts and that the…
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