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7.1.A. - Page 8 <br /> Exhibit A <br /> AGREEMENT FOR SERVICE BETWEEN THE REDWOOD CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT and <br /> THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY <br /> (REDWOOD CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS) <br /> PROGRAM DESCRIPTION and ACCOUNTABILITY <br /> RCSD operates six full - service community schools, serving 4027 students in Kindergarten <br /> through eighth grade. The goal of the Community Schools approach is to address the barriers to <br /> learning by more efficiently coordinating efforts and resources to bolster students' learning, <br /> strengthen families, and promote healthy communities. Community Schools directly align with <br /> the San Mateo County's 2025 shared vision around building a healthy, prosperous and <br /> collaborative community. <br /> RCSD's network of full - service community schools provides students and their families with <br /> daily expanded learning opportunities, counseling support, family engagement opportunities, and <br /> a wide range of safety net services — all in a coordinated manner. <br /> RCSD Community School Achievements <br /> ❑ Students whose parents accessed family engagement programs and those who accessed both <br /> safety net supports and extended learning programs for at least two years had significant <br /> achievement gains in math compared to non - participants. <br /> ❑ Students whose families were involved in family engagement opportunities at Community <br /> Schools for three or more years exhibited greater growth in their attendance rate than <br /> their peers whose families had fewer years of participation. <br /> ❑ English learners whose families were participating in Community School programs for three <br /> or more years showed greater gains in their English language proficiency. <br /> How success will be measured <br /> • Attendance: Attendance has been widely recognized by the research community as a leading <br /> indicator of student success or conversely absenteeism is an indicator of later school <br /> failure. The School District monitors individual student attendance and has developed <br /> protocols to use attendance as an early warning sign for parents and educators to <br /> intervene and put students back on track. According to research students are at risk of <br /> being chronically absent if they miss 10% or more of school for any reason. Currently, <br /> 9% of Kinder and 1s graders are considered chronically absent (10 % +) and 20% of K and <br /> 1s grade students at risk of becoming chronically absent (5 %- to 9.9 %) <br /> • 1 Gardner Center's Community Schools Report 2012 -13 <br /> • 2 Biag, M., & Castrechini, S. "The Links Between Program Participation and Students' <br /> Outcomes: The Redwood City Community Schools Project ". John W. Gardner Center for <br /> Youth and Their Communities. December 2014. <br /> ATTY /AGR /2015.110 /REDWOOD CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT <br /> REV: 05 -29 -15 MLG <br /> Page 6 of 7 <br />