NEPN/NSBA Code:  KBF-E2  

FARWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 

TITLE I PARENT INVOLVEMENT POLICY 

This school policy has been developed in consultation with the parents/guardians of students participating in the Title I program at Farwell School. It includes a “School Parent Compact” that outlines the manner in which parents, school staff, and students will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement. The building principal/designee will be responsible for distributing this policy to parents/guardians of students participating in the school’s Title I program. 

PARENT INVOLVEMENT MEETINGS 

The school shall convene an annual meeting at a convenient time to which all parents/guardians of participating children shall be invited and encouraged to attend to inform them of the school’s participation under Title I, explain the right of parents to be involved, and to encourage their involvement in the planning, review, and improvement of the school’s Title I program and parent involvement policy. 

The school will hold at least two other meetings during the school year, held at various times during the day or evening for parents/guardians of students participating in the Title I program. 

The principal/designee will: 

• Invite parents/guardians of participating children to attend the annual meeting and to other meetings held during the school year; 

• Introduce the representatives on the Parent Advisory Committee 

• Provide an overview of Title I and the programs the school provides under Title I; 

• Explain the rights of parents/guardians to be involved in developing and reviewing the schools parent involvement policy, including the School Parent Compact; 

• Provide a description and explanation of the curriculum in use at the school, the forms of academic assessment used to measure student progress, and the proficiency levels students are expected to meet; 

• Give parents/guardians an opportunity to ask questions and engage in informal discussions about student achievement and school performance; 

• Invite parents/guardians to serve on the Parent Advisory Committee and/or other school or district-level Title I committees; 

• Invite parents/guardians to participate in the review of programs under Title I as well as the school-parent involvement policy; 

• With the input of parents/guardians, establish a process by which an adequate representation of parents/guardians can be assured; 

• Describe the process by which parents/guardians may express concerns and complaints if they are dissatisfied with the Title I program; 

• Engage school-based parent organizations in outreach to parents/guardians of students participating in Title I; and 

• Arrange for childcare so that parents/guardians who would otherwise be unable to attend may do so. 

SCHOOL-PARENT COMPACT 

This School-Parent Compact describes how parents, school staff, and students will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement and the means by which the school and parents will develop a partnership to help children achieve the State’s high academic achievement standards. 

1.  The school is responsible for providing a high-quality curriculum and instruction in a supportive and effective learning environment that enables students served under Title I to meet the State’s high academic achievement standards.

2.  Parents/guardians will be responsible for supporting their children’s learning by:

• Monitoring their children’s attendance; 

• Providing assistance and encouraging their children to complete homework assignments 

• Encouraging their children to ask for help from teachers when needed 

• Talking with their children about the school day; 

• Reading to or with their children 

• Monitoring and limiting their children’s television watching; 

• Volunteering in the classroom and for school-related activities such as field trips; 

• Participating, as appropriate, in decisions related to the education of their children; and 

• Enrolling their children in extracurricular and age-appropriate, community-based, after-school activities. 

3.  The school will address the importance of communication between parents and teachers on an ongoing basis by: 

• Scheduling one or more parent-teacher meetings annually for parents/guardians of elementary school level students during which the Compact shall be discussed as it relates to the individual child’s achievement; 

• Providing frequent reports to parents/guardians on their children’s progress; 

• Providing parents/guardians with reasonable access to staff to discuss issues related to their children’s learning 

• Giving parents the opportunity to observe classroom activities; 

• Welcoming parents as volunteers in the classroom; and 

• Providing adequate supervision and feedback for parents/guardians who volunteer. 

Legal Reference: [20 U.S.C. §§ 6318]

Revised: September 11, 2023

ROBERT V. CONNORS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 

TITLE I PARENT INVOLVEMENT POLICY 

This school policy has been developed in consultation with the parents/guardians of students participating in the Title I program at Robert V. Connors Elementary School. It includes a “School Parent Compact” that outlines the manner in which parents, school staff, and students will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement. The building principal/designee will be responsible for distributing this policy to parents/guardians of students participating in the school’s Title I program. 

PARENT INVOLVEMENT MEETINGS [20 U.S.C. § 6318] 

The school shall convene an annual meeting at a convenient time to which all parents/guardians of participating children shall be invited and encouraged to attend to inform them of the school’s participation under Title I, explain the right of parents to be involved, and to encourage their involvement in the planning, review, and improvement of the school’s Title I program and parent involvement policy. 

The school will hold at least two other meetings during the school year, held at various times during the day or evening for parents/guardians of students participating in the Title I program. 

The principal/designee will: 

• Invite parents/guardians of participating children to attend the annual meeting and to other meetings held during the school year; 

• Introduce the representatives on the Parent Advisory Committee • Provide an overview of Title One and the programs the school provides under Title I; 

• Explain the rights of parents/guardians to be involved in developing and reviewing the schools parent involvement policy, including the School Parent Compact; 

• Provide a description and explanation of the curriculum in use at the school, the forms of academic assessment used to measure student progress, and the proficiency levels students are expected to meet; 

• Give parents/guardians an opportunity to ask questions and engage in informal discussions about student achievement and school performance; 

• Invite parents/guardians to serve on the Parent Advisory Committee and/or other school or district-level Title I committees; 

• Invite parents/guardians to participate in the review of programs under Title I as well as the school-parent involvement policy; 

• With the input of parents/guardians, establish a process by which an adequate representation of parents/guardians can be assured; 

• Describe the process by which parents/guardians may express concerns and complaints if they are dissatisfied with the Title program; 

• Engage school-based parent organizations in outreach to parents/guardians of students participating in Title I; and 

• Arrange for childcare so that parents/guardians who would otherwise be unable to attend may do so. 

SCHOOL-PARENT COMPACT 

This School-Parent Compact describes how parents, school staff, and students will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement and the means by which the school and parents will develop a partnership to help children achieve the State’s high academic achievement standards. 

1.  The school is responsible for providing a high-quality curriculum and instruction in a supportive and effective learning environment that enables students served under Title I to meet the State’s high academic achievement standards. 

2.  Parents/guardians will be responsible for supporting their children’s learning by: 

• Monitoring their children’s attendance; 

• Providing assistance and encouraging their children to complete homework assignments 

• Encouraging their children to ask for help from teachers when needed 

• Talking with their children about the school day; 

• Reading to or with their children 

• Monitoring and limiting their children’s television watching; 

• Volunteering in the classroom and for school-related activities such as field trips; 

• Participating, as appropriate, in decisions related to the education of their children; and 

• Enrolling their children in extracurricular and age-appropriate, community-based, after-school activities. 

3.  The school will address the importance of communication between parents and teachers on an ongoing basis by:

• Scheduling one or more parent-teacher meetings annually for parents/guardians of elementary school level students during which the Compact shall be discussed as it relates to the individual child’s achievement; 

• Providing frequent reports to parents/guardians on their children’s progress; 

• Providing parents/guardians with reasonable access to staff to discuss issues related to their children’s learning 

• Giving parents the opportunity to observe classroom activities; 

• Welcoming parents as volunteers in the classroom; and 

• Providing adequate supervision and feedback for parents/guardians who volunteer. 

Legal Reference: [20 U.S.C. §§ 6318] 

Revised: September 11, 2023

THOMAS J. McMAHON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 

TITLE I PARENT INVOLVEMENT POLICY 

This school policy has been developed in consultation with the parents/guardians of students participating in the Title I program at McMahon School. It includes a “School-Parent Compact” that outlines the manner in which parents, school staff and students will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement. The building principal/designee will be responsible for distributing this policy to parents/guardians of students participating in the school’s Title I program. 

PARENT INVOLVEMENT MEETINGS 

The school shall convene an annual meeting at a convenient time to which all parents/guardians of participating children shall be invited and encouraged to attend to inform them of the school’s participation under Title I, explain the right of parents to be involved, and to encourage their involvement in the planning, review, and improvement of the school’s Title I program and parent involvement policy. 

The school will hold at least two other meetings during the school year, held at various times during the day or evening for parents/guardians of students participating in the Title I program. 

The principal/designee will: 

• Invite parents/guardians of participating children to attend the annual meeting and to other meetings held during the school year; 

• Introduce the representatives on the Parent Advisory Committee • Provide an overview of Title I and the programs the school  provides under Title I; 

• Explain the rights of parents/guardians to be involved in developing and reviewing the schools parent involvement policy, including the School Parent Compact; 

• Provide a description and explanation of the curriculum in use at the school, the forms of academic assessment used to measure student progress, and the proficiency levels students are expected to meet; 

• Give parents/guardians an opportunity to ask questions and engage in informal discussions about student achievement and school performance; 

• Invite parents/guardians to serve on the Parent Advisory Committee and/or other school or district-level Title I committees;

• Invite parents/guardians to participate in the review of programs under Title I as well as the school-parent involvement policy; 

• with the input of parents/guardians, establish a process by which an adequate representation of parents/guardians can be assured; 

• Describe the process by which parents/guardians may express concerns and complaints if they are dissatisfied with the Title I program; 

• Engage school-based parent organizations in outreach to parents/guardians of students participating in Title I; and 

• Arrange for childcare so that parents/guardians who would otherwise be unable to attend may do so. 

SCHOOL-PARENT COMPACT 

This School-Parent Compact describes how parents, school staff, and students will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement and the means by which the school and parents will develop a partnership to help children achieve the State’s high academic achievement standards. 

1.  The school is responsible for providing a high-quality curriculum and instruction in a supportive and effective learning environment that enables students served under Title I to meet the State’s high academic achievement standards. 

2.  Parents/guardians will be responsible for supporting their children’s learning by: 

• Monitoring their children’s attendance; 

• Providing assistance and encouraging their children to complete homework assignments 

• Encouraging their children to ask for help from teachers when needed

• Talking with their children about the school day; 

• Reading to or with their children 

• Monitoring and limiting their children’s television watching; 

• Volunteering in the classroom and for school-related activities such as field trips; 

• Participating, as appropriate, in decisions related to the education of their children; and 

• Enrolling their children in extracurricular and age-appropriate, community-based, after-school activities. 

3.  The school will address the importance of communication between parents and teachers on an ongoing basis by:

• Scheduling one or more parent-teacher meetings annually for parents/guardians of elementary school level students during which the Compact shall be discussed as it relates to the individual child’s achievement; 

• Providing frequent reports to parents/guardians on their children’s progress; 

• Providing parents/guardians with reasonable access to staff to discuss issues related to their children’s learning 

• Giving parents the opportunity to observe classroom activities; 

• Welcoming parents as volunteers in the classroom; and 

• Providing adequate supervision and feedback for parents/guardians who volunteer. 

Legal Reference: [20 U.S.C. §§ 6318] 

Revised: September 11, 2023

MONTELLO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 

TITLE I PARENT INVOLVEMENT POLICY 

This school policy has been developed in consultation with the parents/guardians of students participating in the Title I program at Montello School. It includes a “School-Parent Compact” that outlines the manner in which parents, school staff, and students will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement. The building principal/designee will be responsible for distributing this policy to parents/guardians of students participating in the school’s Title I program. 

PARENT INVOLVEMENT MEETINGS 

The school shall convene an annual meeting at a convenient time to which all parents/guardians of participating children shall be invited and encouraged to attend to inform them of the school’s participation under Title I, explain the right of parents to be involved, and to encourage their involvement in the planning, review, and improvement of the school’s Title I program and parent involvement policy. 

The school will hold at least two other meetings during the school year, held at various times during the day or evening for parents/guardians of students participating in the Title I program. 

The principal/designee will: 

• Invite parents/guardians of participating children to attend the annual meeting and to other meetings held during the school year; 

• Introduce the representatives on the Parent Advisory Committee • Provide an overview of Title I and the programs the school provides under Title I; 

• Explain the rights of parents/guardians to be involved in developing and reviewing theschools parent involvement policy, including the School Parent Compact; 

• Provide a description and explanation of the curriculum in use at the school, the forms of academic assessment used to measure student progress, and the proficiency levels students are expected to meet; 

• Give parents/guardians an opportunity to ask questions and engage in informal discussions about student achievement and school performance; 

• Invite parents/guardians to serve on the Parent Advisory Committee and/or other school or district-level Title One committees;

• Invite parents/guardians to participate in the review of programs under Title I as well as the school-parent involvement policy; 

• with the input of parents/guardians, establish a process by which an adequate representation of parents/guardians can be assured; 

• Describe the process by which parents/guardians may express concerns and complaints if they are dissatisfied with the Title I program; 

• Engage school-based parent organizations in outreach to parents/guardians of students participating in Title I; and 

• Arrange for childcare so that parents/guardians who would otherwise be unable to attend may do so. 

SCHOOL-PARENT COMPACT 

This School-Parent Compact describes how parents, school staff, and students will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement and the means by which the school and parents will develop a partnership to help children achieve the State’s high academic achievement standards. 

1.  The school is responsible for providing a high-quality curriculum and instruction in a supportive and effective learning environment that enables students served under Title I to meet the State’s high academic achievement standards. 

2.  Parents/guardians will be responsible for supporting their children’s learning by: 

• Monitoring their children’s attendance; 

• Providing assistance and encouraging their children to complete homework assignments 

• Encouraging their children to ask for help from teachers when needed 

• Talking with their children about the school day; 

• Reading to or with their children 

• Monitoring and limiting their children’s television watching; 

• Volunteering in the classroom and for school-related activities such as field trips; 

• Participating, as appropriate, in decisions related to the education of their children; and 

• Enrolling their children in extracurricular and age-appropriate, community-based, after-school activities. 

3.  The school will address the importance of communication between parents and teachers on an ongoing basis by: 

• Scheduling one or more parent-teacher meetings annually for parents/guardians of elementary school level students during which the Compact shall be discussed as it relates to the individual child’s achievement; 

• Providing frequent reports to parents/guardians on their children’s progress; 

• Providing parents/guardians with reasonable access to staff to discuss issues related to their children’s learning 

• Giving parents the opportunity to observe classroom activities; 

• Welcoming parents as volunteers in the classroom; and 

• Providing adequate supervision and feedback for parents/guardians who volunteer. 

Legal Reference: [20 U.S.C. §§ 6318] 

Revised: September 11, 2023

GEIGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 

TITLE I PARENT INVOLVEMENT POLICY 

This school policy has been developed in consultation with the parents/guardians of students participating in the Title  I program at Geiger School. It includes a “School-Parent Compact” that outlines the manner in which parents, school staff and students will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement. The building principal/designee will be responsible for distributing this policy to parents/guardians of students participating in the school’s Title I program. 

PARENT INVOLVEMENT MEETINGS 

The school shall convene an annual meeting at a convenient time to which all parents/guardians of participating children shall be invited and encouraged to attend to inform them of the school’s participation under Title I, explain the right of parents to be involved, and to encourage their involvement in the planning, review, and improvement of the school’s Title I program and parent involvement policy. 

The school will hold at least two other meetings during the school year, held at various times during the day or evening for parents/guardians of students participating in the Title I program. 

The principal/designee will: 

• Invite parents/guardians of participating children to attend the annual meeting and to other meetings held during the school year; 

• Introduce the representatives on the Parent Advisory Committee

• Provide an overview of Title  I and the programs the school provides under Title I; 

• Explain the rights of parents/guardians to be involved in developing and reviewing the schools parent involvement policy, including the School Parent Compact; 

• Provide a description and explanation of the curriculum in use at the school, the forms of academic assessment used to measure student progress, and the proficiency levels students are expected to meet; 

• Give parents/guardians an opportunity to ask questions and engage in informal discussions about student achievement and school performance;

• Invite parents/guardians to serve on the Parent Advisory Committee and/or other school or district-level Title I committees;

• Invite parents/guardians to participate in the review of programs under Title I as well as the school-parent involvement policy; 

• with the input of parents/guardians, establish a process by which an adequate representation of parents/guardians can be assured; 

• Describe the process by which parents/guardians may express concerns and complaints if they are dissatisfied with the Title I program; 

• Engage school-based parent organizations in outreach to parents/guardians of students participating in Title I; and 

• Arrange for childcare so that parents/guardians who would otherwise be unable to attend may do so. 

SCHOOL-PARENT COMPACT 

This School-Parent Compact describes how parents, school staff, and students will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement and the means by which the school and parents will develop a partnership to help children achieve the State’s high academic achievement standards. 

1.  The school is responsible for providing a high-quality curriculum and instruction in a supportive and effective learning environment that enables students served under Title I to meet the State’s high academic achievement standards. 

2.  Parents/guardians will be responsible for supporting their children’s learning by: 

• Monitoring their children’s attendance; 

• Providing assistance and encouraging their children to complete homework assignments 

• Encouraging their children to ask for help from teachers when needed 

• Talking with their children about the school day; 

• Reading to or with their children 

• Monitoring and limiting their children’s television watching; 

• Volunteering in the classroom and for school-related activities such as field trips; 

• Participating, as appropriate, in decisions related to the education of their children; and 

• Enrolling their children in extracurricular and age-appropriate, community-based, after-school activities.

3.  The school will address the importance of communication between parents and teachers on an ongoing basis by: 

• Scheduling one or more parent-teacher meetings annually for parents/guardians of elementary school level students during which the Compact shall be discussed as it relates to the individual child’s achievement; 

• Providing frequent reports to parents/guardians on their children’s progress; 

• Providing parents/guardians with reasonable access to staff to discuss issues related to their children’s learning 

• Giving parents the opportunity to observe classroom activities; 

• Welcoming parents as volunteers in the classroom; and 

• Providing adequate supervision and feedback for parents/guardians who volunteer. 

Legal Reference: [20 U.S.C. §§ 6318]

Revised:  September 11, 2023

LEWISTON MIDDLE SCHOOL 

TITLE I PARENT INVOLVEMENT POLICY 

This school policy has been developed in consultation with the parents/guardians of students participating in the Title I program at Lewiston Middle School. It includes a “School-Parent Compact” that outlines the manner in which parents, school staff, and students will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement. The building principal/designee will be responsible for distributing this policy to parents/guardians of students participating in the school’s Title I program. 

PARENT INVOLVEMENT MEETINGS 

The school shall convene an annual meeting at a convenient time to which all parents/guardians of participating children shall be invited and encouraged to attend to inform them of the school’s participation under Title I, explain the right of parents to be involved, and to encourage their involvement in the planning, review, and improvement of the school’s Title I progr program and parent involvement policy. 

The school will hold at least two other meetings during the school year, held at various times during the day or evening for parents/guardians of students participating in the  Title I program. 

The principal/designee will: 

• Invite parents/guardians of participating children to attend the annual meeting and to other meetings held during the school year; 

• Introduce the representatives on the Parent Advisory Committee

• Provide an overview of Title  I and the programs the school provides under Title  I 

• Explain the rights of parents/guardians to be involved in developing and reviewing the schools parent involvement policy, including the School Parent Compact; 

• Provide a description and explanation of the curriculum in use at the school, the forms of academic assessment used to measure student progress, and the proficiency levels students are expected to meet; 

• Give parents/guardians an opportunity to ask questions and engage in informal discussions about student achievement and school performance;

• Invite parents/guardians to serve on the Parent Advisory Committee and/or other school or district-level Title committees; 

• Invite parents/guardians to participate in the review of programs under  Title  I Title as well as the school-parent involvement policy; 

• with the input of parents/guardians, establish a process by which an adequate representation of parents/guardians can be assured; 

• Describe the process by which parents/guardians may express concerns and complaints if they are dissatisfied with the Title  I program; 

• Engage school-based parent organizations in outreach to parents/guardians of students participating in  Title  I; and 

• Arrange for childcare so that parents/guardians who would otherwise be unable to attend may do so. 

SCHOOL-PARENT COMPACT 

This School-Parent Compact describes how parents, school staff, and students will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement and the means by which the school and parents will develop a partnership to help children achieve the State’s high academic achievement standards. 

1.  The school is responsible for providing a high-quality curriculum and instruction in a supportive and effective learning environment that enables students served under Title  I  to meet the State’s high academic achievement standards. 

2.  Parents/guardians will be responsible for supporting their children’s learning by:

• Monitoring their children’s attendance; 

• Providing assistance and encouraging their children to complete homework assignments 

3.  The school will address the importance of communication between parents and teachers on an ongoing basis by:

• Scheduling one or more parent-teacher meetings annually for parents/guardians of elementary school level students during which the Compact shall be discussed as it relates to the individual child’s achievement; 

• Providing frequent reports to parents/guardians on their children’s progress; 

• Providing parents/guardians with reasonable access to staff to discuss issues related to their children’s learning 

• Giving parents the opportunity to observe classroom activities; 

• Welcoming parents as volunteers in the classroom; and 

• Providing adequate supervision and feedback for parents/guardians who volunteer. 

Legal Reference: [20 U.S.C. §§ 6318] 

Adopted: June 7, 2000 

Revised: July 26, 2004 

Reviewed: July 23, 2013 

Reviewed: July 20, 2015 

Revised: September 11, 2023