Henrico Schools scales up community visits in big push for engagement

Staff members from Henrico Schools’ Family and Community Engagement team are visiting 12 housing communities this summer to tackle a rising problem for many school systems post-pandemic: school absences. While HCPS staffers have conducted similar community visits in past summers, they wanted to broaden their reach to all parts of the county this year with an expansive “summer tour” that includes other community organizations as well, according to HCPS family and community specialist Leslie Velez. “We’ve coordinated internally to expand our reach to other communities so that we can basically broaden the support just across the district,” Velez said. “Instead...

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