Hello ONEin3 Readers,
The 2010-2011 ONEin3 Mayor’s Advisory Council has been working over the last 4 months to put together meaningful problem-solving efforts that will improve life for ONEin3ers like you. Featured in today’s update: the ever-inspiring Young Families & Education subcommittee!
The highly motivated and thoughtful Young Families & Education team has identified parental involvement as their key issue for the year, specifically the participation of fathers in the school system. After meeting with Cyntoria Grant from the BPS Department of Family and Student Engagement, who gave them a breakdown of the initiatives already in place, they are moving full steam ahead to pinpoint promising efforts currently at work here in Boston and elsewhere.
Young Families & Education plans to study outreach to New Bostonians and parents with limited English proficiency to ensure that the supports in place through BPS and the City reach all families in the system. They will look into the BPS Parent Councils, Parent University, and other networks to find effective points of engagement for fathers, and also research effective strategies for drawing out that engagement in the first place.
If you know of an impactful fathers’ program in your neighborhood or child’s school, please post to the comments!
Two good events are coming up in Fort Point that we like here at ONEin3 HQ, one for the kids and one for the adults, both on October 28th:
