FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Attendance Works, Families In Schools and Parent Institute for Quality Education Launch Keep Learning California Initiative Initiative helps low-income families navigate evolving educational models and keep children learning in urban and rural communities LOS ANGELES AND CENTRAL VALLEY, CA – In response to the sudden closure of schools due to COVID-19, Attendance Works, Families In Schools (FIS) and Parent Institute for Quality Education (PIQE) have launched Keep Learning California (KeepLearningCA.org). This innovative […]

Press Release: Second Cohort Of 6 School Districts Selected For Statewide Community Engagement Initiative
LOS ANGELES – Six new school districts in California have been selected to be part of the second cohort for the statewide Community Engagement Initiative (CEI) to help increase dialogue with a focus on improving schools. The following districts have been selected for the second cohort of CEI: Chino Valley Unified School District in San Bernardino County; Moreno Valley Unified School District, Riverside Unified, and Val Verde Unified in Riverside County; Pajaro Valley Unified in […]
Contact: Cynthia Perez cperez@familiesinschools.org (213) 201-3932 FAMILIES IN SCHOOLS ANNOUNCES TRANSITION OF PRESIDENT AND CEO OSCAR E. CRUZ Karla V. Salazar, Current COO, Appointed As Interim President & CEO LOS ANGELES (December 12, 2019) – Families In Schools, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to involve parents and communities in their children’s education to achieve lifelong success, today announced the departure of Oscar E. Cruz, long-time President & CEO of the organization. Over his 10-year […]