Overview

The Community, Family, and Student Engagement department supports families, students, and schools with a myriad of programs and services that expand and deepen high-quality partnerships in service of student success. Services include connecting with community resources, educational stability, proactive initiatives that aid school readiness, parent partnerships, family economic success, and more. The department also deploys liaisons to help foster effective home-school partnerships.

Contact us at 978-975-5900

On this page:

• Attendance Office
• Education Stability Services
• Family and Student Supports
• Family Engagement Partnership Council
• Lawrence Family Institute For Student Success
• Lawrence Learns Initiative for School Readiness
• Lawrence Working Families Initiative
• LPS Click
• Student Registration
• Tutoring Services
• Tu Voz Council (Your Voice Council)
• Community Resource Links

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Attendance Office

• Attendance Law Compliance
• CRA Filings
• Habitual Offender 
• Truancy Initiative

For more information, please contact:

Roberto Rios - Attendance Officer 

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P: 978-975-5900 Ext. 25728

Alfonso Garcia - Attendance Facilitator 

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Education Stability Services

Does your family live under any of the following conditions? 

A Shelter | A motel | A Camping Ground | A Car or Bus | A Train Station | A Park | An Abandoned Building | Doubling up with other people due to loss o housing or economic hardship 

For more information, please contact:

Arlin Santiago -  Education Stability Coordinator 

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P: 978-975-5900 Ext. 25742

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Family and Student Supports

• Family Engagement Liaisons
• Services for Homeless Students & Foster Care

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Family Engagement Partnership Council

Information Currently Pending

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Lawrence Family Institute for Student Success (LFISS)

The Lawrence Family Institute for Student Success (LFISS) is a parent education program that aims to empower families as engaged and supportive stakeholders in their child's educational career. When parents have informed participants in their child's education students develop the necessary skills to graduate high school, understand the college process, and compete in a globalized world. LFISS is based on the Parent Institute for Quality Education (PIQE); the curriculum includes information about the developmental stages of adolescence, the public school system, and college requirements. 

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P: 978-975-5900 Ext. 25710

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Lawrence Learns

Lawrence Learns is a collective effort between LPS and community agencies to support and celebrate successful transitions into Lawrence Public Schools' preschool and kindergarten programs.    

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Lawrence Working Families Initiative

The Lawrence Working Families Initiative is a groundbreaking effort to link the families of Lawrence Public Schools students with resources to access employment and advance economically. 

Click here to learn more about Lawrence Working Families Initiative

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LPS Click

"LPS Click" is the one-stop resource for students and the community for jobs, internships, programs, camps, and fun. Click above to find the Summer program right for you!

To Add Your Organization or Agency’s Services please contact:

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P: 978-975-5900 Ext. 25722

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Student Registration

For  School Variances please contact: 

 

Maria Ortiz - Acting Enrollment Manager 

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P: 978-975-5900 Ext. 25726

 

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Tutoring Services

• Homebound Tutoring Services
• Hospital Tutoring

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Tu Voz Council (Your Voice Council)

Previously known as Presidents’ Council

Mission:

Tu Voz Council is a collaborative network of parents, students, principals, educators, and district leadership partnering to share information, learn with - and from - each other, advocate, problem-solve, and bring a collective voice to equitable solutions that improve outcomes for our students, families and our Lawrence Public Schools community. 

Meeting Schedule:

• October 1, 2020 
• November 19, 2020 
• January 21, 2021 
• March  18, 2021
• May 20, 2021

For more information, please contact: Maria Campusano This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

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Community Resources

• Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence
• Child Care Circuit
• Child Development and Education
• The Community Group
• Department of Children & Families
• Family Services of the Merrimack Valley
• Greater Lawrence Community Action Council (GLCAC)
• Greater Lawrence Family Health Center 
• Lawrence Community Works
• Lawrence Public Library
• Lawrence YMCA
• Mayor's Health Task Force
• University of Massachusetts Extension Nutrition Education Program
• YWCA of Northeastern Massachusetts

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