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Interim superintendent seeks districtwide 'Bring Your Parents' day and academic award ceremonies
Summary
Sam Vaughters said he hopes to expand a high‑school 'bring your parents to school' day across Garfield Heights and introduce districtwide academic award ceremonies to recognize student achievement each grading period.
Sam Vaughters described two school initiatives he launched as a principal that he wants to scale districtwide: a "bring your parents to school day" and quarterly academic award ceremonies to recognize students' achievements.
"One of the things I would love to us for us to implement is to bring your parents to school day," Vaughters said, adding that parents had requested multiple session times so more families could participate. He said the 4.0 luncheon at his prior school motivated students to improve academically and that similar recognition could increase engagement across grade levels.
Vaughters suggested implementing award ceremonies at first, second, third and fourth quarter levels to make academic recognition more frequent and accessible. The broadcast presented these as proposed operational changes rather than adopted district policy; no board action or specific funding commitments were announced.
