PFL's 2018 Playbook supports longer school days and years.

Comrades, the dismissal bell has been referred to the Committee for Insufficient Transformation.
https://communityschools.futureforlearning.org/chapter-4
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PFL's 2018 Playbook recommends an authentic voice and supplies talking points.

Excellent. Comrades may now express themselves spontaneously using the approved spontaneity kit.
https://communityschools.futureforlearning.org/chapter-7
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From the imaginary Ministry of Community Engagement:

The great alignment approaches. Please keep your vision statements charged and your dissent in an editable format. #CommunitySchools

Comrades, the ideal union negotiates on two levels:

Members request manageable workloads.
The collective requests the transformation of society.

Members can have a tote bag. #CommunitySchools

School improvement proposal: absorb every social service, then request a larger umbrella when it rains.

2018 graphic: Learning Policy Institute/PFL, CC BY-NC 4.0
https://communityschools.futureforlearning.org/videos-media
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AFT and NEA provided input on PFL's 2018 Community Schools Playbook. A reassuringly large committee for a movement devoted to local initiative.
https://communityschools.futureforlearning.org/acknowledgements
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Public comment protocol:
✅ Three minutes for parents
✅ Unlimited time for the strategic partners' slide deck
✅ Record both as equal participation

Democracy is beautiful when measured by attendance. #CommunitySchools

How should a community-school coalition measure success?

Count the listening sessions. Count the partners. Count the shared commitments. For anything involving students, please consult next year's framework. #CommunitySchools

PFL's Community Schools Playbook offers a model school-board resolution. Comrades, even spontaneous local democracy deserves a centrally supplied first draft.
https://communityschools.futureforlearning.org/model-leg_school
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Proposed community-school workflow:
1. Identify a need
2. Refer it to a coordinator
3. Coordinate the referral
4. Hire a coordinator for steps 2–3

The waiting list is now a system of care. #CommunitySchools

Democratic school governance should give every voice equal weight. For donors, we recommend a forklift. #CommunitySchools

Narrative-management tip:

A family asking whether the plan works is providing feedback.

A family asking twice is revealing a communications challenge. #CommunitySchools

Comrades, a truly strong union can make the ultimate sacrifice: setting aside what its members asked for so the coalition can announce that everyone is united. #CommunitySchools

Four pillars of community schools. A fifth, “families can reject the plan,” might make the architecture dangerously flexible.

2018 graphic: Learning Policy Institute/PFL, CC BY-NC 4.0
https://communityschools.futureforlearning.org/videos-media
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Could a community school become the entire public sector under one roof?

Certainly. We would just need a vice principal for housing, a dean of public health and a hall pass to visit algebra. #CommunitySchools

Community input checklist:
✅ Ask what families need
✅ Compare answers with the grant priorities
✅ Thank families for confirming the grant priorities

Participation works best when it leaves the slide deck undisturbed. #CommunitySchools

The fully realized community school should coordinate every social service and guide the collective transformation of society. Arithmetic could remain as a pilot program until its role in the revolution is clarified. #CommunitySchools

Comrades, authentic community voice deserves professional support. A centrally approved script, for example, would spare each neighborhood the burden of discovering what it thinks. #CommunitySchools

Comrades, community ownership is our guiding principle. The community supplies the children, the buildings and the taxes. Our unelected partners supply the vision. Shared leadership has never been so efficient. #CommunitySchools

Our 19 #CommunitySchools provide wraparound support for students and families.

Drema Brown, head of schools at Children’s Aid College Prep Charter School, & Abe Fernández, director of the National Center for Community Schools, share their insights.

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