Rebecca Benner

The Laura Bush Elementary Community Family Policy outlines the school's mission to empower students to become accomplished, self-directed, and collaborative citizens. It emphasizes active family engagement through consistent communication and participation in school activities, detailing shared responsibilities for students, the school, and guardians. The policy also covers the allocation of Title I funds for family and community engagement programs, describes a school-parent compact, and outlines activities designed to enhance student performance. Furthermore, it addresses the use of a high-quality curriculum and various assessments to monitor student progress, all aimed at fostering a safe and welcoming environment.

This document outlines Burnett Elementary School's Family and Community Engagement Policy. It details the school's mission to empower students through positive relationships, rigorous curriculum, and innovative experiences. Key areas include the use of Title I funds for engagement programs, providing a rigorous curriculum and comprehensive assessments, organizing various family involvement events, and establishing a parent-school compact with shared responsibilities for students, parents, and the school. The policy emphasizes fostering strong partnerships and continuous two-way communication to enhance student academic achievement and ensure a safe and welcoming school environment, with annual reviews planned for the policy.

Atkinson Elementary School's strategic overview aims to enrich student lives by fostering academic and socioemotional skills within a safe, nurturing, and collaborative learning community. Key commitments include establishing school-wide safety, setting high expectations, utilizing data-driven support, teaching expected behaviors, building positive relationships, ensuring clear communication, and celebrating achievements, all guided by the S.O.A.R. principles of self-control, cooperation, responsibility, and respect.

This School-Parent Compact for Burnett Elementary outlines shared goals, expectations, and responsibilities among teachers, parents/guardians, and students to foster a collaborative learning environment. It targets specific academic improvements, aiming for 80% of 3rd-4th grade students to achieve grade-level proficiency in STAAR ELAR, SLAR, and Math by April 2026. The compact emphasizes empowering students to become competent, self-directed, and collaborative lifelong learners.

The adopted budget includes revenue from local, intermediate, state, and federal sources. Expenditures cover instruction, instructional resources, curriculum development, leadership, guidance, social work, health services, transportation, food services, extracurricular activities, general administration, plant maintenance, security, data processing, community service, debt service, and facilities acquisition. New expenditure codes were introduced for statutorily required public notices and lobbying efforts.