The school has a unique way of involving parents through service hours.
It was replaced by a political process, at first involving parents but then later school board members and politicians.
One-third of the money must be spent on new ways to involve parents in the schools.
Finding a way in which fully to involve parents and governors takes time.
More than 30 percent of the 19 million child support cases involve parents who do not live in the same state as their children.
"The program also has had the secondary effect of involving parents in their children's education from the very beginning."
Schools need to find ways to involve parents in the learning process; after all, they know their children the best.
A good school will involve teachers, parents and children in the design of the curriculum.
The major goal of this project is to involve parents and community members in educational programs.
The 56-year-old educator also said she plans to involve parents and the public more in the life of the schools.