Community Schools are public schools that partner with families and community organizations to provide well-rounded educational opportunities and support for students’ school success.

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The Community Schools approach uses 4 pillars which reinforce each other to create synergy.

Integrated Student Supports ensure that children, youth and families have access to medical, dental, vision services and stable housing and food.  We know that children must have basic needs met to be able to show up in school ready to learn.

Expanded and Enriched Learning Time could look like after school, summer school or intersession or enrichment programs.

Family and Student Engagement means establishing and maintaining trusting relationships and using those relationships to build a shared vision of what a community school looks like for our children, youth and families.  It also means that students and families are able to participate in the process by ensuring interpretation services or bilingual presentations and culturally appropriate activities.

Finally, Collaborative Leadership leverages the expertise of ALL community stakeholders (children, youth, families, teachers, staff, community leaders and funders) to share in the decision-making process and commit to a cultural of continuous improvement.

The Spectrum of Family Engagement for Educational Equity is designed to provide school districts and community/family organizing groups with shared language for being explicit about the level of family engagement in school planning and decision-making, and the impact that level of engagement has on families, communities, and on student outcomes.

Click on the link to see what we have been talking about at our District Community Table meetings.

Please click on the button to read the Implementation grant that was submitted on March 21, 2023!

On January 2024, site-based Community Table meetings blended with School Site Council meetings. All students, staff, families, and community members are invited to participate in the School Site Council meetings, which will be conducted monthly at all sites starting in August 2024. The schedule for the 2024-2025 School Site Council Meetings will be posted over the summer. Additionally, the community is encouraged to participate in the District-Wide Community Table meetings, which occur quarterly. Below are the dates and times for the 2024-2025 meetings. If you would like to receive calendar invitations to the site or district table meetings, please email Marilu Cisneros at: Marilu.cisneros@shorelineunified.org