• EDUCATIONAL EQUITY POLICY

    FILE: ACIB

    The Parkway Board of Education is committed to the success of each student enrolled in our schools. In order to accomplish this, the district will create an educational environment that emphasizes equity in the opportunities created for all students.

    Students enrolled in the district shall be provided an educational experience in which they receive the resources they need to have a greater sense of self-efficacy and self determination. The Board recognizes that barriers and inequities exist in our society, resulting in the reality that not all students start from the same place. The district will identify these barriers and imbalances and make adjustments in order to create equitable educational opportunities for all students.

    Implementation

    The district will evaluate current policies and practices (e.g., curriculum and its implementation, discipline practices, professional development, employee recruitment and retention) to determine the degree of equity contained therein. Appropriate revisions will be made to policies and practices such that equity for all students will be an apparent, defining feature. If appropriate, practices or policies may be revised or eliminated in order to produce equitable opportunities for all students. Such evaluation of policies and practices will include the study of how current practices may disproportionately impact or discriminate against any student or family.

    As a result of this review and any revised policies and practices, all Parkway students should expect, along with their participation in the education process:

    1. To develop the necessary skills to face and participate fully in an increasingly ever changing world;
    2. To honor, be knowledgeable and inclusive of cultures in a way that does not violate others' individual or group rights to self-determination;
    3. To become leaders in listening for learning as well as creating and facilitating harmonious thought indicative of the equitable education they experienced;
    4. To interact with others in ways that create equity; and,
    5. To have staff members respect and understand each student's culture and ethnicity to build lasting relationships, enhancing each student's ability to learn.

    The administration will establish guidelines for the implementation of this policy.

    Note: The reader is encouraged to check the index located at the beginning of this section for other pertinent policies and to review administrative procedures and/or forms for related information.

    Adopted: October 13, 2021 

    Revised: Parkway C-2

    School District, Chesterfield, Missouri

     

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