Annual Report 2005-2006 - Farmington Public Schools

Goal 5: To strengthen communityinvolvement, support andcollaborationThis year, the School/Community Forum group, which is composed of secondary schoolparents, organized and held seven parent programs designed by parents for parents.Some of the topics included: Sharing with the Board and Administration; Spring BreakIssues; Legal Issues Affecting Teens, Too much of a Good Thing and The Birds andthe Bees and How not to get stung!A District Web Site Committee was developed this year to review andcritique the District’s web site and make recommendations for improvement.The District is in the process of revamping the District’s web site and willlaunch a new and improved site in the fall of 2006.All school buildings have an e-mail list serv. This provides buildingsand the District additional methods of communication. Just for theDistrict list serv alone, messages were sent out on a weekly basis tothe more than 1,000 people who signed up to receive information.The District worked with EPIC MRA in conducting its third Parent/Community Survey. Three hundred random communityhouseholds received a phone survey in July 2005. Approximately 32percent were parents and 68 percent were non parents whoresponded to the survey. The survey results show Farmington PublicSchools is highly thought of in the community. Statistics from thesurvey are sprinkled throughout this annual report.A Warner eighth grade orchestra studentdelights the crowd during a performancein the community.Members of Nardin Park pose with children from Lanigan Elementary School after theywere pronounced the District’s Outstanding Partnership for the 2005-2006 school year.10FPS Parent/Community Survey - 2005A 79 percent majority offered a “positive” rating when asked aboutthe overall effectiveness of the job done by Farmington Public Schoolsin communicating with parents and the community.