| Sylvania City School District |
| Bylaws & Policies |
2111 - PARENT INVOLVEMENT IN THE SCHOOL PROGRAM
The Board of Education believes that durable and significant learning by a student is more likely to occur when there is an effective partnership between the school and the student's parents. Such a partnership means a mutual belief in and commitment to significant educational goals for a student, a collaboration on the means for accomplishing those goals, cooperation on developing and implementing solutions to problems that may be encountered, and continuing communication regarding the progress in accomplishing the goals.
The Superintendent shall implement administrative guidelines by which a school-parent partnership can be established and maintained throughout the student's career in the District. Such guidelines should encompass parent participation, through meetings and other forms of communication, in:
| A. | providing a school and home environment which encourages learning and augments, at home, the learning experiences provided by the school; | |
| B. | providing for the proper health, safety, and well-being for their child. |
The Board directs that the following activities be implemented to encourage parent-school cooperation:
| A. | parent-teacher conferences to permit two-way communication between home and school | |
| B. | open houses in district schools to provide parents with the opportunity to see the school facilities, meet the faculty, and sample the program on a first hand basis. Each school in the district shall hold an open house at least annually | |
| C. | meetings of parents and staff members to explain and discuss matters of general interest with regard to child-school, child-home, or child-school-home relationships | |
| D. | meetings of staff members and groups of parents of those students having special abilities, disabilities, needs, or problems | |
| E. | special events of a cultural, ethnic, or topical nature, which are initiated by parent groups, involve the cooperative effort of students and parents, and are of general interest to the schools or community | |
| F. | newsletters from each building principal and staff forwarded to parents on at least a bimonthly schedule |
Relations with Parents
The Board feels that it is the parents who have the ultimate responsibility for their children's behavior, including the behavior of students who have reached the legal age of majority, but are still, for all practical purposes, under parental authority. During school hours, the Board, through its designated administrators, recognizes the responsibility to monitor students' behavior and, as with academic matters, the importance of cooperation between the school and the parents in matters relating to conduct.
For the benefit of the child, the Board believes that parents have a responsibility to encourage their child's career in school by:
| A. | supporting the schools in requiring their child observe all school rules and regulations, and by accepting their own responsibility for their child's willful in-school behavior; | |
| B. | sending their children to school with proper attention to his/her health, personal cleanliness, and dress; | |
| C. | maintaining an active interest in their child's daily work and making it possible for him/her to complete assigned homework by providing a quiet place and suitable conditions for study; | |
| D. | reading all communications from the school, signing, and returning them promptly when required; | |
| E. | cooperating with the school in attending conferences set up for the exchange of information of their child's progress in school. |
R.C. 3313.472