City Schools Seeking New Members for Parent and Community Advisory Board

Dear Community Leaders and Friends of City Schools:

Baltimore City Public Schools (City Schools) is in the process of trying to identify and recruit new membership for several open slots on the Parent and Community Advisory Board (PCAB). We are reaching out to you to help them identify potential candidates who can give a commitment to serving on this important parent board. Below you will find an overview of PCAB which will give you a sense of its responsibilities and the role it plays in the work of City Schools. PCAB provides valuable input on major City Schools policies and initiatives that affect families.

Please feel free to share this information with other stakeholders as soon as possible. They would like to start the interview process in the next few weeks. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Ron Covington, rgcovington@bcps.k12.md.us, (410) 340-4648, who is helping to coordinate the interview process.

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  Parent and Community Advisory Board Overview 

The primary role of Parent and Community Advisory Board (PCAB) is to advise the CEO and the Board of School Commissioners on issues and concerns that are relative to the policies and procedures which govern Baltimore City Public Schools (City Schools). PCAB promotes parent involvement with City Schools by taking the responsibility to funnel information from parents and the community to individual commissioners, the entire board of school commissioners, the CEO and administrators of City Schools.

PCAB is a fourteen member board, the majority of who are parents of children attending City Schools. PCAB came into existence when the city and state were jointly placed in charge of the public schools in Baltimore City in 1997 with the passing of SB 795.

PCAB in their role work to support and promote the work of City Schools, advise in the planning and development of educational policies and procedures, give advice on the implementation of those  education policies and procedures, give advice and assistance to administration when evaluating newly proposed and/or amended policies and procedures, make recommendations for solutions to incorporate the views of parents and community members in the development of policies and procedures,  recommend activities that promote improved communications between City Schools, parents and the community, assisting City Schools in identifying community resources, take the pulse of the community to identify issues and concerns that impact City Schools and disseminate state and federal policy which impact City Schools.

The PCAB mission is to ensure the voice of communities are heard and taken into consideration in the development and implementation of policies and procedures for the benefit of all students attending BCPS. They accomplish through regular and productive meetings and communication with the CEO, Board of School Commissioners and members of the community. All PCAB efforts aim to ensure that all students are prepared to compete in a growing and changing world.