8/30/2021 Topic: Engaging Parents JoyPeyton	I think that a Parent Association is a wonderful idea. It gives parents a voice and a sense of power and agency. I think it would be wonderful if the school also invited different parents to come in as speakers (but maybe in classes other than those that their children are in ...).
8/30/2021 Topic: Excellent features of community-based schools JoyPeyton	We can start with the excellent features of German schools that an ambassador recently identified, think about successes and challenges with having those features in schools teaching other languages, and then think about features that those schools have in place that are excellent. Renate, would you like to describe the features of German schools that the visitor from Germany recently identified?