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Explaining Community Schools in a context that draws connection to our traditional values and way of operating as a community so the community can identify this strategy as familiar rather than foreign and “new” concept (which our communities are sometimes resistant to new things or burnt out on the ever constant change of strategies)

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Attendance

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- build our mo’olelo as a school
- community, college, career readiness (growth mindset, opportunities to build awareness)
- if families can’t come to us, we go to them
- ‘Āina education for students, families and staff
- identify where we need support from community partners and our readiness to receive support in alignment with where we are heading
- strengthen communication habits
- use data to strengthen our practices
- incorporate Na Hopena A’o framework
- strengthen families

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Looking forward to developing a family resource center

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Face to face conversations advance our work like no other. Many take time and space for granted, but by taking the time to collaborate, discuss our challenges and successes, and get on the same page it creates efficiency and allows more time and energy for professionals to focus on other priorities.

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No questions yet! Anxious to observe, overview a model and develop according my schools design

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Having full time coordinators at each school and working with the Family Resource Coordinator gives us the best chance.

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Find the need before it becomes a need

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Not enough bus drivers.

County bus routes cater to hospitality industry; County of Hawaiʻi is 25% vacant and there is currently no director for our public bus system.

This ties into housing; our people (who fill our service and civil jobs) are being priced out and majority of the people moving in are NOT the working class.

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Got reconnected with Hawaii Ohana Support Network! Kat O’Dell.

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What resource centers do we have that would service our school

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Support schools in whatever they need.

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To have a database of community partners so schools aren’t over taxing the same partners

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How can we encourage schools and community to have a FRC where they are located?

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Support our community school coordinator

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The overlap between MTSS and community schools. Be intentional about how the 2 work together.

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How can we maintain collaboration among community school coordinators, principals and lead agencies so we all can be one the same page?

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- Loi Soa !!! 💚
- building trust and safe space
- food distribution
- Thrifty Thursdays
- leaning on ‘Ohana (auntie Cheryl, auntie Helen, Gwen walking campus and getting kids to class, FRC family volunteers)
- safe space for students to grab clothes/ shoes as needed

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What was the thought process in assigning schools as community schools vs. getting buy-in from schools first?

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What was the thought process in assigning schools as community schools vs. getting buy-in from schools first?

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Why was it mandated instead of it being a community decision within schools?

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Is there a plan to have a center on the Leeward coast to assist those families?

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Who, within the HIDOE leadership team (e.g. Deputy Armstrong, CEB, STB, OSSS), would be the resource to gain more information and support/connections to family resource centers?

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I will work on supporting the community school coordinators and the schools

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What is a community school? Definition. The different components?

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Keep building relationships and trust between, school staff, students, parents, Kupuna and community partners. Allow each to share their voice and asset to the table.

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Family engagement opportunities

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Having more meaningful/intentional conversations with families in regards to what their needs are to better support their child & family outside of school 

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Having more meaningful/intentional conversations with families in regards to what their needs are to better support their child & family outside of school 

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Is there an opportunity for our community schools to work together, collaborate regularly? We can learn a lot from each other, struggles and successes.

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How do we get sustainable funding written into the DOE budget to support the model?

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State hire someone or more people to translate things like flyers and letters we sent home to parents to engage them more

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Collaborate with an open heart and open mind. Involve families in a meaningful way.

Actions and goals specific to community, families, and students.

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Saw the slide with map of family resource centers, how do we access that list? If one is needed in our area how do we start one?

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How do we sustain this if funds run out?

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Community Partners and schools are working more closely together to address better family engagement, services and resources

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Communicate with parents

Join/create a committee to plan

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Community School language/expectations in CBA

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Community School language/expectations in CBA

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In person and more frequent family engagement opportunities

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Messaging that the CS strategy is an “organizing” strategy, not an add-on strategy!

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Partners
Understanding the Why and Process
Parent Leaders

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Learning about all of the partnership opportunities

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Will there be one to help the families on the coast?

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Hard for bus companies and schools to compete with hotel pay, benefits, and incentives.

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Learning more about the initiative

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Funding that is sustainable.
Resources and tools to support planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation

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The community school model is gaining more awareness and understanding at the different levels in the state. Because of that more schools are are able to become community schools.

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Strong community school organizers - #ross&rosadavidtrishpidf

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Family engagement activities

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Being able to be in person

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More community events
New ways to communicate with families (Talking Points)

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Does the state have a vision or list of components to be considered a community school?

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Collaborate in developing a school plan and vision. 

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Collaborate in developing a school plan and vision. 

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Having the coordinator be the lead with organizing the event to take it off teacher/admin plates.

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I wish we had a meeting/conference at home in Hawai’i before coming to this conference so that I would at least understand what a community school was beforehand

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Slowly allowing more in-person family presence on-campus post-COVID

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Slowly allowing more in-person family presence on-campus post-COVID

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Getting more partners involved

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Encourage easier procurement processes to work with community partners

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Designate a keiki nurse to a community school

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Community partnerships

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Moving from virtual to in person family engagement has increase attendance

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Back to in person family engagement- and hybrid make it more accessible in some cases

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Consistent attendance

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To support schools.

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Math nights

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We need to get this as part of our education funding in order to create sustainable programs throughout the state.

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We hired a coordinator
We are here in Philly to learn about Community Schools

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Additional funding to expand community schools - coordinator.

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Moving from virtual to in person family engagement has increase attendance

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Transportation - getting to/from school safely.

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How do schools partner with group to be available in rural areas of the Big Island?

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It is across the board. Our people are moving away; keeping our families here should be a top priority!

We have a 10% affordable housing clause, that is not being upheld. There is lack of inventory (in both the rental and sales market).

This also effects the ability for schools to hire teachers, due to lack of affordable housing in local areas.

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Finding a CBO to support

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I’m not sure

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A culture of instant gratification. Teaching stidents to stick thing out and build grit and stamina

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I’m not sure

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We are still in the very beginning stages of initiating community schools

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We are still in the very beginning stages of initiating community schools

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Family stability

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Unstable housing

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Both county and state need to come together and work on creating roads and sidewalks that our families can use.

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Transportation is a major problem on Hawaii Island.

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Busses, Bus Drivers, Safe Routes to School!

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Housing

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Cost of living

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I don’t know

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Parents don’t view education as important. Instead we are viewed as free babysitting.

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Families are needing housing and transportation

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Mental health and well-being

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Unstable housing

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Katherine Korenaga

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Unstable housing

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Housing crisis, families living in unstable housing.

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Laura Barrett

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Acculturation

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Collaborate on a vision that embraces community engagement. Align existing MTSS strategies with the community school framework

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The community school strategy can engage families in improving attendance

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He wa’a he moku, he moku he wa’a. 💚💚
PAF ‘Ohana + Waimānalo School

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Connects the school to families

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Tammie Picklesimer, Waimea Elementary School

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