Colchester, Connecticut

Trust, Image and Perception (2)

Board of Education Regular Meeting (Hybrid) 6:00 PM

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Trust, Image and
   Perception
  March 2024 Update
Purpose

Vision: Create opportunities to build understanding and
partnership with the community while increasing
transparency.


District Goal: Showcase schools and programs to
encourage involvement and foster community pride.
Completed Work
●   Identified community members to inform the conversation and create action steps
●   Quarterly newsletters from each school to ensure we are increasing communication
    from a district lens
●   All four schools have created boards to be utilized on the town green to share district
    news and school events
●   Identified current community partnerships (e.g. Project Graduation, Cragin Memorial
    Library, Youth First Coalition, Senior Center etc.)
●   Increased community facing visuals
Additional Communication Tools
Next Steps

●   Highlight special education programming:
    ○ East of the River Transition Academy
    ○ Visit from the state department of education to highlight our
        program



●   Link partnerships with events to gain more school exposure



●   Merged district calendar
Colchester students welcome visitors!