School-Community Associations

The school district recognizes the parent-teacher-student associations, and parent clubs as an integral part of the school community. The district looks to these organizations as a means of promoting a finer educational program in the district by achieving better understanding among the pupils, the parents, and the teachers. The district shall give every encouragement within its legal authority to maintain strong, enthusiastic, industrious parent-teacher-student associations.

The board recognizes a coordinating organization of parents-teachers-students called the Lake Washington PTSA Council. This council, operating under the charter of the Washington Congress of Parents, Teachers, and Students coordinates the activities of the local parent-teacher-student groups within the school district who look to the council for leadership and direction.

Parent-teacher-student organizations not affiliated with the Washington Congress of Parent-Teacher-Student Associations also are recognized by the board, provided they represent the majority of parents-teachers-students in their respective school service areas and adopt and file in the principal's office a constitution and by-laws which ensure the basic tenets of representative government, meetings of the membership, observe open meeting practices, nondiscrimination, and other requirements set forth by law, policy, and regulations governing this school district.

Adopted:
6/5/67

Revised:
12/2/74
5/7/90

CROSS REF.:
Parents' Rights and Responsibilities (KMAB)