Parental involvement in a rural consolidated school district

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dc.contributor.author	Grant, Natalie S.	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Patterson, Kathleen	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Stout, Lance D.	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Surland, Robin	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2009-11-19T21:48:49Z
dc.date.available	2009-11-19T21:48:49Z
dc.date.issued	2009-05-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Grant, Natalie S., Patterson, Kathleen, Stout, Lance and Robin Surland(2009). Parental Involvement in a Rural Consolidated School District . In Proceedings: 5th Annual Symposium: Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects. Wichita, KS: Wichita State University, p. 34-35	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10057/2326
dc.description	Paper presented to the 5th Annual Symposium on Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects (GRASP) held at the Hughes Metropolitan Complex, Wichita State University, May 1, 2009.	en_US
dc.description	Research completed at the Department of Educational Leadership, College of Education	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The rural consolidated school district of Ingleside in South Central Kansas faces unique challenges in managing communication and providing opportunities for parental involvement and shared decision making. The lack of attachment to the school district was a deterrent for families as they held on to the identity of their home community. As students transition from the five elementary or K-8 schools in their diverse communities, into one consolidated high school, there have been unaddressed and emerging needs. The research team studied how the Ingleside District could better understand the needs and perceptions of parents and students as related to their involvement and to the overall decision-making processes. The researchers found that the Ingleside District has challenges in truly helping parents, teachers, and students join together as a unified consolidated school district. These challenges include developing transparent mechanisms and processes for engaging and inviting parents to participate. Through a new sense of unity, the school district and the community can create the capacity to face hard decisions still ahead of them.	en_US
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dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Wichita State University. Graduate School	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	GRASP	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	v.5	en_US
dc.title	Parental involvement in a rural consolidated school district	en_US
dc.type	Conference paper	en_US