The School and Demographic Data
Alonzo & Tracy Mourning Senior High, Biscayne Bay Campus is part of the Miami-Dade County Public School system and has a total of over 1500 students enrolled in grades 9 through 12. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (2018), the demographic breakdown of the Alonzo & Tracy Mourning Senior High School student body is 831 Hispanic, 415 White, 292 Black, 20 Asian, and 7 identifying as “two or more races.” The school serves a suburban region of Miami-Dade County. Of the 1565 students, 862 are eligible for free lunches and 105 for reduced-price lunches, indicating that more than half the students come from families requiring some financial assistance. Since it opened in 2009, Alonzo & Tracey Mourning Senior High has performed consistently well on national achievement measures, receiving an “A” school ranking from 2012-2016, an honor by The Washington Post for being “America’s Most Challenging High School,” and being cited as one of the nation’s best high schools by U.S. News & World Report (Alonzo & Tracey Mourning Senior High Biscayne Bay Campus, 2018). Graduation rates are also high at 92%.
The Issue: Parental Involvement
Official School Policies and Programs
The website of the high school has a special menu for parents, with a parent portal connected with the Miami-Dade County Public School system. This indicates that Alonzo & Tracey Mourning administration is dedicated to actively facilitating and retaining parental involvement. There are also ample opportunities for parents to volunteer for school events or to help the school, to subscribe to school newsletters and other information, or to become active in the parent-teacher associations.
Interviews
Interviews with one parent, one teacher, and one student reveal how well the school is living up to its promise of promoting parental involvement in their children’s education. Also, interviews provide insight into perceptions of how effective parental involvement is in general, and which types of parental involvement work best on specific students depending on other variables like prior academic achievement and demographics. Interview questions encompassed a wide range of topics include how much the individual values parental involvement in the academic environment, what types of parental involvement are viewed as more or less effective for promoting both academic...
References
Alonzo & Tracey Mourning Senior High Biscayne Bay Campus (2018). http://atmourningsharks.org/
Benner, A.D., Boyle, A.E. & Sadler, S. (2016). Parental involvement and adolescents’ educational success. Journal of Youth and Adolescence 45(6): 1053-1064.
Garcia, L.E. & Thornton, O. (2014). The enduring importance of parental involvement. NEA Today. Nov 18, 2014. http://neatoday.org/2014/11/18/the-enduring-importance-of-parental-involvement-2/
National Center for Education Statistics (2018). Search for public schools. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=1200390&ID=120039007635
Neihaus, K., Adelson, J.L. Neihaus, K., et al. (2014). School support, parental involvement, and academic and social-emotional outcomes for English language learners. American Educational Research Journal 51(4): 810-844.
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