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Appendix B: Rodney B. Cox Elementary School

Program/School, LEA, City, State	Program Description		Student Characteristics
	Parent Involvement Activities/Strategies	Grades Served; Enrollment	Race/Ethnicity	% Poverty1 and Title I Status
Rodney B. Cox Elementary School Pasco County Public Schools Dade City, FL (Urban)	Monthly parent workshops conducted by school staff focus on parenting skills and parents' ability to help with schoolwork and homework. As a full-service school, Cox offers dental care, counseling, and health care to students and their families. A parent involvement teacher, two migrant home-school coordinators, and one minority recruiter conduct home visits that include training in parenting skills. Parents receive transportation to meetings and other school activities. Local adult education program offers classes twice a week at the school. School "open door" policy ensures that teachers can meet with parents whenever they come to the school. Funding Sources2: Title I, $200,000 PECO grant with matching funds from district, Florida First Start grant, federal migrant education funds, state and federal Head Start funding, Exceptional Student Education funding, support/donations from several businesses and organizations Evidence of Success: During 1995–96, 74 parents registered as volunteers; 10–20 parents volunteer at the school each day. Up to 200 parents participate in workshops each month. Parents tell the principal they are now more comfortable at the school. Test scores have increased over the past two years. For example, in 1994–95, 31 percent of students scored above the 50th percentile in math and 14 percent in reading. In 1995–96, 61 percent of the students scored above the 50th percentile in math and 34 percent in reading.	pre-K–5 512	44% Hispanic 40% African American 16% white	93% FRL Schoolwide Program

¹ All schools and districts included in this Idea Book receive Title I funding. This column indicates whether a school has implemented a schoolwide program.

² Administrators in many schools cannot separate the costs of parent involvement efforts from other reforms and activities. This is especially true in schools that have implemented schoolwide programs (as have most schools in this appendix). However, administrators reported that, in addition to their school or district general operating budget, the funding sources listed here provide a major source of support for their parent involvement efforts.
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