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Title 6 coordinator presents Native-student supports, family engagement efforts
Summary
Ashley Coburn told the Quillayute Valley School District board the Title 6 program serves about 191 Native students across roughly 30–36 tribes and focuses on readiness, cultural identity, attendance, language instruction and graduation supports through family nights, vouchers and learning coaches.
Ashley Coburn, the district Title 6 grant coordinator, told the board her program serves roughly 191 registered Native American students representing about 30–36 tribes and outlined multiple supports the grant provides.
"We also get them from Lions Club and from Soroptimist," Coburn said, describing donations that help provide school supplies and noting the program offers vouchers for shoes and coats and connects families with tribes or district supports for sports physicals. She described three annual family nights — an opening night, a crafts-focused meeting and an end-of-year bingo night — and said those events help increase parent participation and cultural awareness.
Coburn said the program uses a Washington state Native-driven curriculum (written by John McCoy and used through OSPI) that includes language components and culturally grounded lessons across math, social studies and English. She described efforts to add Native flags across buildings and to partner with local tribal members for events and artifacts.
Board members asked about participation and eligibility; Coburn confirmed the program is TK–12 and that the district’s Title 3 multilingual grant supports a book study and language-recovery work for students who have experienced language loss. "It's just another layer of support for those students," she said. The presentation closed with board appreciation and an invitation for follow-up questions.
