Thirty parents stood in front of their classmates Saturday afternoon in the Parents for Public Schools Parent Engagement Program explaining how they can help improve the Hazlehurst School District and their vision for the future.

“If we can get all of our parents involved and engaged in our children’s education, I think we’ll have the best school district in the country,” said participant Paul Rhodes.

The graduation ceremony was emotional at times for a few parents.

During six days of training, the group learned about test scores, how to communicate with educators, and how to effectively solve problems in the district.

“I do think these parents have a lot of passion, and I think that it has benefited them just to know that a group like parents for public schools will invest some time and money to explain things to them that probably they’ve never had explained to them in the past,” explained Parents for Public Schools National Executive Director Anne Foster.

“We’re gonna take it back to the community and really change our community,” said Rhodes.

Parents for Public Schools, a national organization started in Jackson in 1989, says every successful school district has parents who are involved in their child’s education.

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