Douglas County School District considers parent communication essential to student achievement.  Recognizing the importance of maintaining open two-way communication with our parents and community at large we have the following in place:

• On-line access to student information for parents, student progress reports, district and site family involvement teams
• Individual career/academic counseling for all middle and high school students
• Flexible evening conferences, school and class newsletters, district and site Web pages
• 6th grade student-led conferences at all elementary schools
• Family involvement nights which target math, science, reading, language arts, and ELL families
• Parent/community volunteer training
• Community and parent tutors
• Back to School Nights
• Personal Education Plans (PEPs) which involve student, parent, and teachers for remediation and acceleration
• Parent resource guides and education nights throughout the school year
• Parent accords
• Community partnerships
• Annual parent surveys
• Translation services available
• Parent representation on Strategic Plan, School Improvement Plans (SIPs), and District Improvement Plan (DIP) teams