Sep 23, 2025|The Basics
A community school principal reflects both the skill and will to lead their school communities in ways that are, at times, counter to how a principal is expected to lead. They need the curiosity, patience and humility, as well as the knowledge to lead improvement efforts and school transformation.
Mar 12, 2025
Garden Grove Unified School District is the third-largest K-12 school district located in Orange County, California. Enrolling close to 40,000 students, GGUSD serves families from Garden Grove, and neighboring portions of Anaheim, Cypress, Fountain Valley, Santa Ana, Stanton, and Westminster.
Team CSLX|Jan 23, 2024|The Basics
The advisory council brings together voices within a school and community that can speak to a diverse range of perspectives and experiences.
Community Schools Forward|Jan 23, 2024
Team CSLX|Jan 19, 2024
Through the course of our work with clients, participants in CSLX’s CCSPP Grant Cohort Series, and our own conversations with practitioners, CSLX has collected a set of questions and answers about the CCSPP implementation grant application requirements, components and processes.
Community Schools Forward|Jan 11, 2024|Tool
The community schools strategy transforms a school into a place where educators, local community members, families, and students work together to strengthen conditions for student learning and healthy development.
Team CSLX|Dec 4, 2023|The Basics
A needs assessment is a systematic process of collecting focused information to better understand the priorities and challenges of students, their families, and the community.
Team CSLX|Nov 20, 2023|The Basics
The Community School Coordinator (CSC) is a site leader, strategic thinker, and connector who can hold the meaning-making and engagement of CS development; they are NOT the one "in charge" of managing new programs.
Erie's Public Schools|Sep 20, 2023
Wayne County Community Schools|May 16, 2023|Multimedia
Niki Espinoza, Community Coordinator from the Maple School in Kern County, California gives insight to the role of a Community Schools Coordinator.
