The parents and staff of Columbus/Woodruff School developed this School-Parent Compact for Achievement. Meetings are held each year to review the Compact and make changes based on student needs. Parents are welcome to contribute at any time. If you would like to volunteer, participate, or observe in the classroom, please contact the school.

Your support and input are valued and instrumental in helping our students succeed! Join us throughout the year:

• Back-to-School – Family Fiesta Night
• Steps to Success Meetings – Monthly
• Awards Assemblies – Monthly
• Parent Workshops – Community Schools
• Open House
• School Site Council Meetings
• English Learner Advisory Council (ELAC)
• District Sponsored events

Columbus and Woodruff schools agree to implement the following requirements:

• The schools will jointly develop with parents and distribute to parents of Title 1 teens a School Parental Involvement Policy that the school and parents of participating teens agree to uphold.
• The schools will notify parents about the School Parental Involvement Policy in an understandable, uniform format and will distribute this policy to parents in English and Spanish, as needed.
• The schools will revisit the School Parental Involvement Policy yearly to meet the changing needs of students, parents and the school.
• The schools will make the School Parental Involvement Policy available to the local community through a website link.
• The schools will provide accessibility and opportunities for parents with limited English proficiency, parents with disabilities, and parents of migratory students.

Columbus and Woodruff schools will take the following actions to involve parents in the joint development and joint agreement of its School Parental Involvement Policy in an organized, ongoing, and timely way under section 1118(b) of the ESEA:

• Title 1 Parent Team Meetings will be held to create, review, and improve the Parent Involvement Policy and the Home-School Compact yearly.
• Parents will have the opportunity to discuss and share ways to improve the Title 1 Program.
• Parents will have the opportunity to complete an LCAP survey about our Title 1 Program each year.
• Parents will be provided, if they request, an appointment for regular meetings.

Columbus and Woodruff schools will take the following actions to distribute the Parent Involvement Policy:

• The Parent Involvement Policy will be posted on our official Columbus High School web site for the community to view, and hard copies will also be available in the main office.

Columbus and Woodruff schools will take the following actions to review yearly and update periodically its Parent Involvement Policy to meet the changing needs of parents and the school:

• A team meeting will be held yearly to review and/or update the Parent Involvement Policy.
• The Fall Informational Meeting will review the Williams Uniform Complaint Procedure, as well as review the survey regarding dates, times, and topics.

Columbus and Woodruff schools will convene an annual meeting to inform parents of the following:

• That their child’s school participates in Title 1.
• About the requirements of Title 1.
• Of their rights to be involved in:
  • Parent Involvement Policy
  • Home-School Compact
• Invitations mailed and/or Dialer calls home in English and Spanish.
• Parents are encouraged to attend meetings that are convenient for them.

Columbus and Woodruff schools will hold a flexible number of meetings at varying times and will include:

• Invitations (email, text, audio, etc.) to home in English and Spanish with plenty of notice along with automatic dialer calls for reminders.
• Spanish translation will be provided.
• LCAP Parent surveys will be given to determine parent interest/needs.

Columbus and Woodruff schools will provide parents of Title 1 students an explanation of the curriculum being used (e.g. standards based, core, elective, credit recovery, Apex, etc.), the forms of academic assessment (e.g. formal, informal, credit sheet, Star 360, etc.) used to measure student progress, and the proficiency levels students are expected to meet by:

• A letter being sent home with all Title 1 students, explaining academic progress (e.g. credit recovery rate, grade, GPA, assessment data, etc.), engagement data (e.g. attendance rate, behavior, etc.) and progress towards graduation requirements and/or transfer to traditional school.
• Discussion at the Informational Meetings.

Columbus and Woodruff schools will provide parents of Title 1 students opportunities to formulate suggestions and to participate in decisions relating to the education of their teen through the following:

• Informational Meetings
• SSC – School Site Council
• Annual Title 1 Meeting

Columbus and Woodruff schools will build the school’s and parents’ capacity for strong parental involvement, in order to ensure effective involvement of parents and to support a partnership among the school, parents, and the community to improve student academic achievement through the following activities:

• Needs Assessment Survey taken by parents (conducted by Title 1)
• Parent input at meetings (conducted by Title 1)
• Varied / multiple meeting times (conducted by Title 1)
• Monthly Steps to Success meetings

Columbus and Woodruff schools will incorporate the Home-School Compact as a component of its Parent Involvement Policy:

• Both policies will be reviewed at the meetings held for Title 1 parents.
• Both policies will be displayed on our school website.
• Both policies will be sent via Blackboard (email, audio, text, etc.).

Columbus and Woodruff schools will provide assistance to parents of students served by the school in understanding topics, such as the following:

• SBAC for both English Language Arts and Mathematics
• California’s academic Common Core State Standards
• Passing scores for SBAC
• How to monitor student progress by understanding the Credit Sheet
• Steps-to-Success monthly meetings

Columbus and Woodruff schools will provide materials to help parents work with their teen to improve their teen’s academic achievement through:

• Parent communication: Parent Square (email, audio, text, etc.), website, mailers, conferences
• Steps to Success monthly meetings
• Gathering parental input on desired parent education trainings

Columbus and Woodruff schools, with the assistance of its district and parents, educate its staff on how to reach out to and communicate and work with parents as equal partners through:

• Staff Meetings
• Professional Development
• Q Parent Connect Online System

Columbus and Woodruff schools will, to the extent feasible and appropriate, take the following actions to ensure that information related to the school and parent programs, meetings, and other activities is sent to the parents of participating children in an understandable and uniform format, including alternative formats upon request, and to the extent practicable, in a language the parents can understand:

• Parent invitations and information will be translated in Spanish.
• Parent invitations will be provided via Blackboard (audio, email, text, etc.), mailers, website, etc.

This School Parental Involvement Policy has been developed jointly with, and agreed on with, parents, as evidenced by School Site Council meeting minutes, Title 1 Parent Committee participants, Title 1 meeting minutes, parent, teacher, and administrative signatures.

This policy was approved and adopted by Columbus and Woodruff schools’ School Site Council and is effective for the current school year. The school will distribute this policy to all parents of participating Title 1 students and the local community via Blackboard and the school website by this upcoming December.

Columbus and Woodruff schools will notify parents of this policy in an understandable and uniform format and, to the extent practicable, provide a copy of this policy to parents in a language they can understand.