About Community Schools
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All children deserve a safe place to live, support and opportunity to learn, and encouragement to lead ethically.
Research has shown that Community Schools is a local engagement strategy that creates and coordinates opportunities with its public school to accelerate student success. It serves as a vehicle for hyper-local decision-making that responds to the unique needs of each community.
By bringing together the relationships and assets of a neighborhood, Community Schools can efficiently and effectively utilize resources to advance the well-being of children and their families now and for future generations.*
* Shared from communityschools.org
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Picture courtesy Northside Neighborhood House, Hamilton County
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Picture courtesy Communities in Schools TN, Metro Nashville and Rural Counties
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Picture courtesy Community Achieves, Nashville, TN
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Picture courtesy Community Achieves, Nashville, TN
What do the Experts Say
National Coalition for Community Schools
Community Schools is both a strategy and a place.
A strategy for bringing together educators, families and community stakeholders to attain collective impact. It is a place where the community gathers to support the education of its children and youth and a place through which its young people are connected to learning experiences and supportive services across the community.
Key elements of a Community School
- Needs and Assets Assessment
- Site Coordinator
- Site Steering Committee (guiding body of school staff, parents and community members)
- 4 National Community Schools Pillars
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