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Building Student Power in Alum Rock
Parents Win $1.2 Million to Improve Parent-Student Engagement in Alum Rock District
In the summer of 2015, immigrant parents (supported by Public Advocates) in Alum Rock Union Elementary School District (ARUSD) leveraged California’s then-new school funding formula to win major improvements in school/community relations and to engage in district decision-making, among other demands.
On June 18th, ARUSD passed, with strong collaboration with community leaders, their Local Control Accountability Plan, which included a commitment to spend $1.2 million to hire full-time community liaisons at every school in the district for the 2015-2016 school year, in addition to $20,000 for parent training and $80,000 the parents won last year for additional translation/interpretation capacity at the district level. The district also committed to waive a fee to provide access to fields and facilities for three years.