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6.1.G. - Page 8 <br />Exhibit A <br />PROGRAM DESCRIPTION and ACCOUNTABILITY <br />th <br />RCSD operates six full-service community schools, serving over 4,000 pre -K-8 graders. <br />The goal of the Community Schools model is to address the barriers to learning by more <br />efficiently coordinating efforts and resources to bolster students' learning, strengthen <br />families, and promote healthy communities. Community Schools directly align with San <br />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 <br />with daily expanded learning opportunities, counseling support, family engagement <br />opportunities, and a wide range of safety net services — all in a coordinated, leveraged, <br />and intentional manner. <br />RCSD Community School Achievements <br />• The Gardner Center's most recent analysis (Bigg, 2014) indicates that <br />roughly 84% of community school students took part in at least one type of <br />program area in the 2013-14 school year. <br />• Relative to non -participants, students whose parents took part in family <br />engagement opportunities for three or more years were predicted to have, on <br />average, about a two percentage point annual advantage in their attendance <br />rate; this added up to roughly four extra days of school attendance over a <br />180 -day school year.' <br />• Students whose families were involved in family engagement opportunities at <br />Community Schools for three or more years exhibited greater growth in their <br />attendance rate than their peers whose families had fewer years of <br />participation.2 <br />• English learners whose families were participating in Community School <br />programs for three or more years showed greater gains in their English <br />language proficiency. <br />Our Focus for 2018-2019 <br />1. Building family capacity in school system, family stability, and at home <br />learning. <br />We define family engagement as meaningful connections between schools and their <br />students' families. According to research, family engagement at school and <br />' "Examining the Status of Redwood City Community Schools" John Gardner Center Report, (Biag, Biscocho, and <br />Gerstein, 2016) <br />2 "Redwood City Community Schools Research Report" (Biag, Manuelito 2013-2014). John W. Gardner Center for <br />Youth and Their Communities. December 2014. <br />REV: 10-01-18 RL <br />Page 6 of 9 <br />ATTY/AGR.2018.239/Redwood City School District <br />