Reid Ross Classical School
PARENT & FAMILY ENGAGEMENT POLICY
Reid Ross Classical School recognizes that a child’s education is a responsibility shared by the school and family for the duration of your child’s enrollment at our school.
Our school provides ample opportunities for parents/families to attend and participate in school activities and functions. Throughout the school year, we will provide a variety of educational and informational opportunities for families that entail Open House, Parent Workshops, Curriculum Nights, Data Nights, Parent Teacher Conferences, EOG/EOG Nights, and Awards’ Ceremonies to discuss and review this document or learn the curriculum of your children. These programs are specifically designed to enhance family engagement and reflect the specific needs of our students and their families.
Title I is a federal grant that provides supplemental funding to select schools for resources to meet educational goals, such as:
• Smaller class size
• Additional teachers and paraprofessionals
• Training for school staff on how to engage parents and families
• Extra time for instruction (before and/or after school programs)
• Parent and Family Engagement activities and variety of supplemental materials and equipment.
Title I schools:
Hold an annual Title I public meeting: This meeting will be held on September 14, 2023 at 6:00pm to inform parents about their rights under Title I and to provide them with information that will allow them to be fully active in their child’s education.
Include parents on the School Improvement Team (SIT) that are reflective of the socioeconomic and racial diversity of the school. Our SIT will meet on SIT will meet on 9/8, 10/20, 11/10, 12/08, 1/12, 2/9, 3/9, 4/13, and 5/11 at 4:00pm to develop and implement school improvement strategies and monitor the school improvement plan.
Ensure parents receive information in a timely manner. Information includes, but is not limited to the following:
school and district report cards,
student assessment results and interpretation of such results,
description of curriculum, state content standards and how student progress is measured,
opportunities for parent and family meetings to share in educational decision making,
qualifications of teachers,
timely responses to parents and family suggestions, and
inclusion of parents and families input on the school improvement plan and the district strategic plan.
Our school will convene regular meetings at flexible times for parents and families throughout the school year for the purpose of planning, reviewing, sharing information, and organizing school improvement efforts.
Develop a Learning Compact that outlines how parents and families, entire school staff, and students will share the responsibility for improved student achievement and will be sent home for parent review.
Provide opportunities to meet regularly with school personnel to formulate suggestions and to participate, as appropriate, in decisions relating to the education of their children.
Title I PARENTS RIGHT TO KNOW STATEMENT
In accordance with ESEA Section 1111(h)(6) PARENTS RIGHT-TO-KNOW, WS/FCS is notifying every family of a student in a Title I school that you have the right and may request information regarding the professional qualifications of your child’s classroom teachers and/or teacher assistants.
This information regarding the professional qualifications of your child’s classroom teachers and teacher assistants includes, at a minimum, the following:
Whether the teacher has met State qualification and licensing criteria for the grade levels and subject areas in which the teacher provides instruction.
Whether the teacher is teaching under emergency or other provisional status through which State qualification or licensing criteria have been waived.
The baccalaureate degree major of the teacher and any other graduate certification or degree held by the teacher, and the field of discipline of the certification or degree.
Whether the child is provided services by teacher assistants and, if so, their qualifications.
If you would like to request the qualifications of your child’s teacher and/or teacher assistant please contact the CCS Title I Office at 910-678-2637.
In addition, your child’s school will notify you at any time your child has been taught for 4 or more consecutive weeks by a teacher not meeting state professional qualifications.
DECLARACION DEL DERECHO A SABER DE LOS PADRES
De acuerdo con la Sección 1111 (h) (6) de ESEA, DERECHO A SABER DE LOS PADRES, WS / FCS está notificando a cada familia de un estudiante en una escuela de Título I que usted tiene el derecho y puede solicitar información sobre las calificaciones profesionales de su hijo. maestros de aula y / o asistentes de maestros.
Esta información con respecto a las calificaciones profesionales de los maestros y asistentes de maestros de su hijo incluye, como mínimo, lo siguiente:
1. Si el maestro ha cumplido con los criterios estatales de calificación y licencia para los niveles de grado y las materias en las que el maestro brinda instrucción.
2. Si el maestro está enseñando bajo un estado de emergencia u otro estado provisional a través del cual se ha renunciado a los criterios estatales de calificación o licencia.
3. El título de licenciatura del maestro y cualquier otra certificación de posgrado o título que posea el maestro, y el campo de disciplina de la certificación o título.
4. Si el niño recibe servicios de asistentes de maestros y, de ser así, sus calificaciones.
Si desea solicitar las calificaciones del maestro de su hijo y / o asistente de maestro, comuníquese con la Oficina de Título I de CCS al 910-678-2637.
Además, la escuela de su hijo le notificará en cualquier momento en que un maestro que no cumpla con las calificaciones profesionales estatales le haya enseñado a su hijo durante 4 o más semanas consecutivas.
RRCS will hold an annual Title I public meeting on September 16, 2025 at 6:00pm to inform parents about their rights under Title I and to provide them with information that will allow them to be fully active in their child’s education.
Parent Teacher Conferences are September 9, 2025 from 4pm-6pm and March 5, 2025 from 4pm -6pm.