Neillsville School District
Parent/Family Engagement Policy

The School District of Neillsville understands that involving families and gaining their support as full partners in the education of their children, makes those children more successful in school. School success helps children become successful adults. 
This policy is written to ensure that parents of the children being served in the Schoolwide Title I program have had and will continue to have an adequate opportunity to participate in the design and implementation of the Neillsville School District's Title I project. 

In conjunction with this policy, the School District of Neillsville will:

A. Consult with parents/families in the development of the district plan. The minimum for this consultation and review will be at the Annual Review of the Title I program meeting held in May.
B. Consult with parents/families in reviewing student progress toward meeting the State's high performance standard in several ways. The district holds a minimum of two parent teacher conferences each year. The school district annually publishes and distributes the School District Report Card.
C. Consult with parents/families in the development of a school year improvement plan if the adequate yearly progress is not met. This has currently not been necessary.
D. Support schools in planning for and implementing parent/family involvement. The district has established and maintains a parent/community volunteer bank. This data is updated when new information is obtained.
E. Coordinate with the parent/family involvement efforts of other programs such as Even Start, Head Start, and Parents as Teachers.
F. Conduct an annual review of the effectiveness of the parent/family involvement policy in increasing the participation of parents/families and identifying any barriers to their participation.
G. Use the results of the annual review to revise and improve parent/family involvement policies.
H. Include parents/families of participating private school students if a private school becomes available in our district.
I. Notify parents of each child in a Title I school annually that they have the right to request information about the qualifications of their children's teachers and of any paraprofessionals who instruct them. Parents must be notified if a child is assigned to, or taught for at least four consecutive weeks, by a teacher who is not "appropriately licensed" as defined in the law. This notification is published in our local newspapers, The Clark County Press and the Clark County Shopper which are school and community newspapers distributed to each box holder in the School District of Neillsville.