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Communicating Through Change: How a CA District Is Supporting Families in the Year Ahead

Edsurge

Beginning in the spring, MPUSD Superintendent, PK Diffenbaugh, and Marci McFadden, Chief of Communication and Engagement, recognized that families would require more information than ever about nearly every aspect of schooling, as well as need more opportunities to ask questions due to the uncertainty brought on by the pandemic.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

By doing so, Middletown’s leaders believe its disadvantaged students will gain access to information and opportunities that many middle- and upper-class students may take for granted. Teachers are supported by three “teachers on special assignment,” who stepped out of the classroom to provide full-time instructional technology support.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

By doing so, Middletown’s leaders believe its disadvantaged students will gain access to information and opportunities that many middle- and upper-class students may take for granted. But they also know a device alone is not enough. A daily 30-minute intervention period was added for all elementary students.