Section:1000 Community Relations
Policy Name:Budget Planning
Policy Number:1000
Date Approved:10/10/1989
Last Revised:1/13/2003


The board of education recognizes that the community, defined broadly as the state and specifically as the town of Plainville, determines the quality of local education. It is imperative that members of the community and the school personnel cooperate in planning, developing policy, implementing programs and evaluating results.
School-community relations are part of a public enterprise in which community members and school personnel play their respective roles in the best interests of the school district and the town of Plainville.

The board of education establishes the following goals for the community relations program:

1. To increase public understanding of the school system.

2. To increase community confidence and interest in the school system.

3. To promote effective dissemination of information concerning school activities.

4. To solicit community opinions about the school system.

5. To encourage the sharing of resources among civic and community organizations for the benefit of the school system and of the community.