Parents for Public Schools, along with The Houston A+ Challenge and Houston Independent School District, organized four Town Hall forums in the spring of 2003 to get parental input on the redesign initiative underway at all the district’s large, comprehensive high schools.
More than 500 parents attended twhe forums. Among the items parents said they wanted to see in the redesign are more communication with parents, smaller classes, quality instruction, effective teachers, real-world experience for their children and one-on-one support from administrators and counselors.
PPS presented the findings to the high school principals, school improvement facilitators and to the Houston ISD Board of Trustees. PPS proposes to adopt several schools in the 2003-2004 year to ensure these parental concerns continue to be addressed in the redesign.
Download Parents for Public Schools Presentation.
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