Karen Alford

United Community Schools aims to improve student achievement by meeting the health, safety and social service needs of students, parents and communities. It does this by facilitating partnerships between schools and non-profits, local businesses and non-governmental organizations, as well as with government agencies. These organizations, in turn, provide vital services to public schools, making each building a hub in the community. We create collaborative school communities that give voice to educators, parents and community members together with the school administration exemplify our community learning schools. In our model, the Community School Director (CSD) serves as the key point person responsible for integrating the programs and services and managing the partnerships within each community learning school.