Parent Community Involvement & Engagement
Mission
The primary mission of Family & Community Engagement Department is to improve educational achievement by coordinating district services and collaborating with community agencies to better serve our students who need support services. Requests for support and information can now be directed to this office.
A Special Thank You to Our Sponsors
Sunrise House Family Resource Center Si' alig Ki:
The Sunrise House Family Resource Center provides solutions for many of the challenges students and their families face. We are dedicated to helping families help themselves. The Family Resource Center is committed to increasing parental involvement and community participation in the educational process.
Services Provided:
- Food Pantry
- Diaper Bank
- Parenting Education
- Information & Referral
- McKinney-Vento Homeless Support
McKinney-Vento
We want you to be aware of your rights as parents under the McKinney-Vento Act. For additional information, please see both the parent and student flyers.
Eligibility and Regulations
If your living arrangement is both temporary and the result of economic hardship, you may qualify for services under the McKinney-Vento Act. The purpose of this law is to provide academic stability for the students of families in transition. You may want to talk with your child’s school parent liaison if your family’s temporary living arrangement is one of the following:
- You are living with friends or relatives, or you are moving from place to place because you cannot currently afford your own housing.
- You are living in a shelter or a motel.
- You are living in housing without water or electricity.
- You are living in a place not considered traditional housing, like a car or a campground.
- You are considered an unaccompanied youth. You must be living with someone who is not a parent or guardian, or moving from place to place without a parent or guardian.
Children who qualify under McKinney-Vento have a right to:
- Attend the school they were attending when their family moved to a temporary address because of economic hardship, even if the school is in another school district. The choice must be a reasonable one that is in the best interest of the children involved. Check with the district’s homeless education liaison if you are not sure.
- Attend the school closest to where they are being sheltered.
- Stay in this school for the duration of the school year if their family moves to another temporary address because of economic hardship.
- Receive assistance with transportation to attend school while they living in temporary housing.
- Start school immediately while people at school help families obtain school and immunization records or other documents necessary for enrollment.
- Enroll in school without having a permanent address.
- Participate in the same programs and services as other students.
- Receive Title I services, including free breakfast and lunch.
Parent Community Involvement & Engagement Staff
Aggie Hart
Parent Community Involvement and Engagement Director
Email: ahart@busd40.org
Department Page
Geraldine Antone
Parent Liaison - Primary
P: (520) 719-1230
Email: gantone@busd40.org
Juana Antonio
Parent Liaison - Secondary
P: (520) 719-1250
Email: jantonio@busd40.org
Lois Lejero
Parent Liaison - Sunrise House
P: (520) 719-1210
Email: llejero@busd40.org
Crystal Ramon
Parent Liaison - Intermediate
P: (520) 719-1240
Email: cramon@busd40.org
Nyesha Thomas
Part-Time Secretary - Sunrise House
P: (520) 719-1210
Email: nthomas@busd40.org