The PAC is a parent organization that represents our children's interests and parents' ideas, questions, and concerns. We share these issues of importance with the Early Childhood Director, and together we support our school community through fundraising, activities, and committee representation throughout the school year.
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What does the Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) Do?
Pre-K Centers – Parent Advisory Committee
A Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) is an organization of the parents/ legal guardians of children attending the DOE’s pre-K centers. Pre-K centers are those programs that fall directly under the supervision of the district’s early childhood director. Each district will develop one district-wide PAC, serving all of its pre-K centers, and all parents/ guardians of children currently enrolled in the DOE’s pre-K centers are automatically members of the PAC and eligible to be elected to the PAC's executive committee. For pre-K centers serving both 3-K and pre-K students, all parents/legal guardians of 3-K and pre-K students are members of the PAC and eligible to be elected to the PAC executive committee.
A Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) is an organization of the parents/ legal guardians of children attending the DOE’s pre-K centers. Pre-K centers are those programs that fall directly under the supervision of the district’s early childhood director. Each district will develop one district-wide PAC, serving all of its pre-K centers, and all parents/ guardians of children currently enrolled in the DOE’s pre-K centers are automatically members of the PAC and eligible to be elected to the PAC's executive committee. For pre-K centers serving both 3-K and pre-K students, all parents/legal guardians of 3-K and pre-K students are members of the PAC and eligible to be elected to the PAC executive committee.
Since Pre-K (and 3-K, in some pre-K centers) is the only program offered at pre-K centers, the membership of these parent bodies will turn over each year. Given this, early childhood directors (ECDs) will be responsible for planning and chairing first-of-the-year meetings to vote in the executive committee, creating bylaws, and meeting with the executive committee once a month. The ECD will encourage parental participation year-to-year. Following each PAC’s first-of-the-year meeting, all planning and execution of PAC meetings and related events will be managed by the elected members of the PAC. Parent Advisory Committees have more flexibility in their governance structures and bylaws than PAs and PTAs, which are subject to the parameters of Title I. Although PAC members will not be eligible for election into the Community Education Council (CEC), members will have the opportunity to be introduced to community leadership and engage with other parents on issues of importance to pre-K center families.
For more information on PACs, or if you have any other questions, please contact the Pre-K Center Support Team at [email protected]. |
The purpose of these parent groups is to create a vehicle for communication among parents, pre-K center staff, the early childhood director (ECD), and district leadership. Their primary role is to provide a voice for the interests, ideas, questions, and concerns of pre-K center parents, and a means to communicate these to the early childhood director through the executive committee. PACs may also choose to conduct fundraising activities. In addition, parents from the PACs will serve on C-30 committees to select assistant principals for pre-K center sites where applicable.
This is a great introduction for parents into the world of parent leadership within the DOE. |