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Christina Morales, Windsor Public Schools

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Yes

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Yes please

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Mental health issues and drug abuse

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We need to connect with more community partners,businesses, and officials

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Connect with faith based groups and expand our horizons when it comes to partners. But, we need to create movement.

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Working with district leaders to really reflect on what family engagement isn’t through workshops.

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Yes! City government and state government - both staff and elected. And other key statewide partners including  potential large philanthropic funders:  eg CT Project, Rise Network, Dalio Foundation, Community Foundations, large corporations, etc

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Each town/region should have a collab that meets monthly and connects to in town resources (food, therapy, mental/physical health)

https://www.connectingtocarect.org/collaborative/greater-new-britain-community-collaborative/

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Greater New Britain Community Collaborative | Wraparound Initiative in CT

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The Greater New Britain Community Collaborative in CT is here to provide children and families in the area with the resources they need.

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State funding of a coalition and funding for individual districts to go for community schools

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Community Schools should have their own facilities in order to operate at 100%

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On going communication with families via multiple platforms and languages

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Website or program that gives access to all available resources a mnd when more are available.

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Families have been more engaged with community engagement, event and school participation. Better Relationships have been built between families and staff members

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State sponsored/supported community schools coalition. Let's learn from and support each other, including school districts, city staff, partner organizations, and local and state level reps.

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Be strategic and create a design team to advance family engagement and full service community schools. Include all important constituencies. Never soubt that a small group of committed people can change our state!

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Networking with current Community Schools in the state

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Networking with current Community Schools in the state

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Yes. Principals should be more involved.

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I will engage with community partners to increase urgency and excitement around recently awarded FSCS grant.

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Yes. State Decision makers

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F.A.C.E.S. and Family Advisory Council to the superintendent.

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Integrating NAFSCE’s core competencies for family and community engagement in teacher prep and professional development programs across the state to develop capacity.

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Free meals to students

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We would like to form a collaborative among all CT community schools.

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Regarding policies, our Office of Family and Community Partnerships in collaboration with the Policy Committee, engaged families in their revision of multiple policies.

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Police departments and fire departments. Local businesses.

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Lawmakers, coordinators, student voices. Students need say.

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More effort and/or assistance in keeping students engaged and participating in programs

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Being physically present in community events.

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Stamford annual school climate survey- highest participation rate of families responding.

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OEC Parent Cabinet and Parent Ambassador funding and implementation. Unsure the impact though.

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Leveraging SEL not only with students but with Families. Creating opportunities for space to learn alongside other families and staff.

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More events that include parents. This strengthens our bond with families and gives them more awareness of the other services we offer that may be of use to them.

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All faith leaders, police departments, government leaders, etc.

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More planned activities for everyone and announced ahead of time and training for parents on a school wide program and more after school activities and hands on field trips more than four hours. Overnight trips to learn about shopping finance money and career opportunities. More volunteer and community partners joining to support the school.

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Family resource centers elevating family engagement work

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Spotlight accomplishments and difficulties 

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Spotlight accomplishments and difficulties 

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Affordable housing

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Bringing all schools together for block party🤷🏽‍♀️

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Friday cafe and bringing back CT Family Engagement conference in the Fall!

CFSP and creating consistent opportunities to work with Family Engagement Leads across the state.

PTHV and welcoming walkthroughs- strategies to build relationships and decision making in schools

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The State Family Engagement Center programs are stimulating higher impact practice of FE across the state: Friday CAFE, Welcoming Schools Walkthrough, school and district action teams, training for school governance councils, expanding parent-teacher home visits, and Parent leadership Training Institutes.

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Our children need real support. They need to know that they are stable, safe and loved. Natural supports are lacking at times and our babies are suffering. Someone to talk to about their day at the end of the day can make a big difference in a child's life

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Food services from School food pantry incentivised school event, and community dinners

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Development of the Parent Power Program that allows us to engage families in the school system.

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We’ve increased attendance every trimester and have been a creative outlet for students to explore new things they haven’t tried before. From violin to dance, students have discovered newfound passions via afterschool programs.

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High impact practices Friday cafe connection to ct state department of education SFEC grant

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Parent University/workshops have helped families engage this year.

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More funding for school meals

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Yes - networking and collaboration across the state is so important

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Mental health assistance for middle school students

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Meet the families where they are, go to sports games, field days, school open houses and speak to the families in person.

PRINT FLYERS AND HAND THEM OUT!!!

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Expansion of Community Ideology

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More activities for local and suburban parents. Need more parent workshops to keep them included.

Uniform policy
Math program
Literacy program coming

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Relationships with the legislators

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Mentorship programs from multiple partners during school hours.

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New federal funding for Stanford and possibly Danbury to have full-service community schools. Could be an incubator for growing community schools statewide.

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Yes

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Use of the Family Engagement competencies 

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Use of the Family Engagement competencies 

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Policy makers both in the community and at the state level

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Superintendents

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Stamford got federal FSCS grant starting in 2023.

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Some of our forms and policies are not translated into tour families spoken, written language.  It needs to be accessible to all families

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Ongoing coaching and pd to create communities of practice.

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A statewide community school coalition

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Coming up with different strategies to our Hartford kids to come into after school program everyday.

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Parents don’t feel they are moving forward. They need help!

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Metal health support for parents.

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Safe and supportive spaces for trans youth

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More social/emotional partnerships

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Use Parentsquare to communicate to families.

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Family Paint Night— With our art teacher painting Van Gogh

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Trauma and mental health

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The Basics: food, clothing, housing, utilities

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Affordable housing

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Vision to Learn

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Affordable housing, meaningful employment, and homelessness

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Particularly in the school that I partner with I have notice a higher attendance rate and an increase in family involvement

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We had a partnership for all student eye exams from start to glasses given. All at school.

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They have no idea what our schools are up against and tend to turn a blind eye to their needs.

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Early childhood education - system in crisis. Not funded adequately.

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Investment in communication software that is user friendly and auto translates

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Quality mental health care for youth and families 

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Quality mental health care for youth and families 

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Chronic Absenteeism related issues

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Students food options ( healthy and affordable)

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Language & Math Learning support for students post COVID 

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Language & Math Learning support for students post COVID 

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Supports around chronic absenteeism