The Hernando County School Board believes that positive parent/family involvement is essential to student achievement and thus encourages involvement in each school's educational planning and operations.  The Exceptional Student Education Department currently has a full-time Parent Liaison, who can be reached at 352-797-7022. Their role include, but not limited to:

• Meet as an Advisory Council four times a year
• Develop and disseminate a quarterly newsletter
• Provide outreach services to parents and staff to equip them with available opportunities, information and/or support
• Partnership with local community agencies and support groups
• Provide staff development and parent training opportunities such as: 
  Creating Family Friendly Schools
  Effective Parent/Teacher Conferences
  Conflict Resolution
  Collaborative Communication & Active Parenting Now/Teens
• Provide all new families of children with disabilities an Exceptional Student Education information packet
• Review data collected by the statewide parent survey to complete a needs assessment (basis for action from feedback)
• Development/collaboration of special events and/or activities for parents and staff
• Provide "We're More Alike Than Different" trainings district-wide,  as well as participating with Disability Mentoring  Day
• Provide telephone support
• Update and maintain the ESE/FDLRS lending library
• Attend FDLRS Child Find screenings to meet parents of children ages 3-5 who may have disabilities and to share resources
• Attend Individual Education Plan (IEP) meetings upon request of parent or school
• Other assistance as requested