Wednesday, February 20, 2019FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE School District Teams Sought For Community Engagement Network SAN BERNARDINO – School districts in California that have demonstrated success in community engagement are being encouraged to submit applications to be part of the statewide Community Engagement Initiative’s inaugural Peer Leading and Learning Network. The Community Engagement Initiative (CEI) is an integral part of California’s new System of Support, which has been established to build school district capacity to ensure

This morning parents called out a press conference in front of LA City Hall. Click here to view the Facebook Live Video Los Angeles, CA – Parents and community-based organizations will hold a press conference on Wednesday, January 23, 2019 from 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. at Los Angeles City Hall (200 N. Spring Street, Los Angeles) to thank United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), and Los Angeles Mayor Eric

UTLA and LAUSD are scheduled to resume negotiations in a last-ditch effort to achieve a contract everyone can live with, potentially avoiding about 30,000 teachers from walking off the job on January 10, 2019, significantly impacting over 480,000 students. Among UTLA’s list of demands is more money for teachers, smaller class sizes, and the hiring of more nurses, librarians, counselors, and social workers. Families In Schools, (FIS) spoke recently with a diverse group of parents, all of

Dear Colleagues, As students are returning to school for a fresh start to the academic year, I’m beyond pleased to announce a new set of programs to help boost high school graduation rates and college success, regardless of income, zip code or background: California Student Opportunity and Access Program (Cal-SOAP) and Transition to College. Most of you are familiar with the alarming rates in which low-income and first-generation students are dropping out of college. Los Angeles

Alliance Virgil Roberts Leadership Academy Naming Celebration August 30th, 2018 | Families In Schools On August 30th, Alliance College Ready Public Schools honored Families In Schools (FIS) founding board member, Virgil Roberts, with a naming celebration: Alliance Virgil Roberts Leadership Academy. Mr. Virgil Roberts is a noted philanthropist and has long been a education champion for children and their families in Los Angeles. Through his work at FIS, he has developed fundamental programs that empower parents, cultivating