How You Can Get Involved As A Citizen

What you as a citizen and taxpayer can do:

"Only 25 percent of Kentucky households have children in school. We must engage the other 75 percent of citizens who pay taxes for school improvement and who will benefit from the stronger economic base that will come from an educated work force."

Carolyn Witt Jones, Director
The Partnership for Successful Schools

Ask what needs to be done and share your skills.
Get involved in the activities of your school-based decision making council.
Help elect parent and teacher representatives to your school council and school board who care about all children achieving at higher levels.
Share your expertise on school district committees — management, financial, organizational, group organizing, facilitating, problem-solving, consensus building, training, etc.
Develop volunteer projects that involve retired citizens and people who do not have children.
Encourage schools to hold parent-teacher conferences and other meetings at business or work sites and/or at hours when working parents can attend.
Become and stay informed: attend education-related meetings; learn about issues facing your schools.
Take an active interest in the school work and activities of children you know.
olunteer at the Family Resource/Youth Service Centers, preschool or Head Start programs in your community.
Identify and provide additional resources for children who are at-risk of academic failure.
Volunteer to write articles and op-ed pieces for local newspapers, business journals, professional organization newsletters, or church bulletins on your schools. Speak to groups about education and local education progress.
Visit your local schools. Take a community leader with you.