🏫 What Parental Engagement Really Means

✋🏾 Real Engagement Requires Mutual Respect

Parental engagement doesn’t just mean attending meetings or signing papers.
It means valuing the voices, concerns, and wisdom that parents bring to the table.

If schools truly want partnership, they must start with respect for parental input.

👨‍👩‍👧 Parents: We Must Show Up Beyond the Crisis

Let’s be honest—too often, we only engage with schools when we’re outraged.
Yes, outrage is sometimes justified.
But we also need to:

• Visit the school when things are calm

• Build relationships with teachers and staff

• Ask questions before emergencies arise

• Stay involved in school decisions that affect our children daily

This is how we build power, not just respond to harm.

⚖️ We Don’t Leave Our Values at the Door

Schools—and school boards—must understand this:
We are not leaving our values at home.

We send our children to school carrying:

• Our faith in fairness

• Our belief in truth

• Our standards for justice

• Our deep commitment to safety

These are not optional. These are not negotiable.

🚫 Our Children Should Never Be Mocked for Holding Strong Values

We teach our children to stand up for what’s right.
To tell the truth.
To speak up when something feels wrong.

So when schools create an environment where these very things are ridiculed, silenced, or punished—we have a right to speak. And we will.

🌱 The Real Goal: Partnership Rooted in Truth

Partnership means we all show up—with respect, with courage, and with our values intact.

If schools want parents engaged, they must be ready for honest conversation, not just quiet compliance.

Because our children are watching. And they deserve more than lip service.