A cooperative preschool like RCNS depends on the involvement of its parents. Not only do parents get a chance to participate in day-to-day classroom activities, but they also serve in administrative roles and help in fundraising efforts to support the school.
And there’s much more. As two RCNS parents recently wrote on a local site, “Parents get to know all the children in the classroom deeply. We develop a sense of shared responsibility to each others’ children, and our children learn that they are nurtured by a wide variety of adults. Parents set school policies regarding everything from snacks to class size, and parent input is valued in every aspect of the school. Our cooperative nursery school allows parents the opportunity to directly influence how the school impacts their children. The end result is a nurturing, caring preschool environment, where both children and parents feel valued.”
To provide a quality nursery school program for our children, parents have the following responsibilities to RCNS:
- Classroom co-oping
- Saturday housekeeping (once per year)
- An administrative job
- Participation in the Yellow Balloon Fair
More information on parent responsibilities may be found in our Parent Handbook (Word or PDF) .
