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Cahleigh Gayles, 7, is one of the students that s benefited from the Community Hubs program during the pandemic. (Photo: Alan Rodriguez Espinoza/VPM)
Community liaisons at Richmond Public Schools are tasked with doing outreach to families, serving as a bridge between them and their schools. But traditionally, liaisons have worked out of the school buildings.
Under the Community Hubs program, which began in September, liaisons are meeting families in their communities instead. They’re trying to help students showing early signs of chronic absenteeism.
“The goal is to bring the school into the community,” said Erin Brown, the director of family and community engagement at RPS.