'Be There' Campaign Promotes Parental Involvement Firstcoastnews.com Local News:
"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A campaign is under way on the First Coast to remind parents they are an important link in their child's education.
'Be There,' an initiative that promotes child/parent communication, has the backing of Duval, Clay and St. Johns county schools.
'As I often say, if there is nobody home to sort of put the report card on the refrigerator, why bother? You got to have someone involved to make that connection...,' said Joseph Joyner, St. Johns County school superintendent.
Joyner joined Ed Pratt-Dannals, who leads Duval County Schools, and Ben Wortham, Clay County school superintendent, in a news conference Friday to promote the campaign."
"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A campaign is under way on the First Coast to remind parents they are an important link in their child's education.
'Be There,' an initiative that promotes child/parent communication, has the backing of Duval, Clay and St. Johns county schools.
'As I often say, if there is nobody home to sort of put the report card on the refrigerator, why bother? You got to have someone involved to make that connection...,' said Joseph Joyner, St. Johns County school superintendent.
Joyner joined Ed Pratt-Dannals, who leads Duval County Schools, and Ben Wortham, Clay County school superintendent, in a news conference Friday to promote the campaign."
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