No Title 722

Supplement to “When Parents Help Schools”

Here are the areas the Kentucky site-based council members are involved in:

• Test scores analysis
• Targets for closing achievement gaps
• Comprehensive Improvement Plan
• School Safety Plan
• Policy on curriculum
• Policy on instructional practices
• Policy on discipline and classroom management
• Policy on extracurricular programs
• Policy to enhance achievement and meet KERA goals
• Policy on use of school space
• Policy on assigning students to classes and programs
• Policy on assigning staff time
• Decision on how many people to employ in each job classification
• Selection of new principal
• Consultation before principal chooses people for other jobs
• Policy on consultation about vacancies

To read the Kentucky Living September 2003 feature, “When Parents Help Schools” that goes along with this supplement, click When Parents Help Schools