BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. – The Bullhead City School District is inviting parents, family members and community representatives to help strengthen family engagement, two-way communication and BCSD academics through two volunteer advisory committees that will meet quarterly during the school year. One is a family engagement committee; the other is BCSD’s local integrated action plan (LIAP) committee.
Together, they are part of BCSD’s “Parent Engagement Partnership,” or PEP, designed to bring diverse voices and varying perspectives to help guide district decisions, foster strong community partnerships and support student success.
“It’s pretty simple,” said Jennifer Lott, BCSD’s director of educational services. “We’re asking our parents, guardians and BCSD stakeholders whether they have an hour to help us improve our partnership with them. The goal is to help us improve communication with and from our families.”
The family engagement committee will focus largely on new opportunities for communication, including solutions to perceived or real barriers. LIAP participants will review BCSD’s role as a Title I district – funding for schools with a high poverty rate. That committee will also review BCSD’s benchmark testing data and discuss goals and action steps for the next school year.
Meetings will be available both in person and virtually. Volunteers do not have to attend every meeting. Those interested in participating may fill out a survey at https://forms.gle/TdHaa2ZPThMScKy4A. They may also email a statement of interest, along with contact information, to info@bcsd15.org, with “Committee” in the subject line.
Results and summaries will be posted on the district’s website, www.bcsd15.org, as well as shared publicly during BCSD governing board meetings.
The family engagement committee is tentatively scheduled to meet in September, October, February and April. The LIAP committee will hold meetings in September, November, February and April. Parents and community members may volunteer for more than one committee.
