Abstract:
This qualitative study analyzes the importance of parental invovement in affecting
the decisions of students to stay ín school. It identifies a key intervention strategy, the
Student Success Team, and demonstrates its use as a viable solution to meeting the
needs of at-risk students, while at the same time encouraging parent involvement in
the school. It presents a case study of an inner-city, predominately Hispanic
intermediate school, as representative of schools with similar demographics. It
concludes that the Student Success Team process is effective in achieving parent
participation in the school activities of the at-risk student, thereby noticeably lowering
transiency rates, and recommends that School Districts take a more active role in
further encouraging parent participation in schools. RR
