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STUDENTS STUDENTS
Physical Education Physical Education
& Physical Activity Environment & Community & Physical Activity Environment &
Nutrition
Community Involvement EMPLOYEES Engagement COORDINATING POLICY, PROCESS, AND PRACTICE Counseling, Social Services Social & Emotional & FAMILIES Community Involvement EMPLOYEES Engagement COORDINATING POLICY, PROCESS, AND PRACTICE Counseling, Social Services Social & Emotional & FAMILIES
Nutrition
Community
Services
Involvement
Services
Involvement
Psychological
Psychological
Family
Family
HEALTHY SAFE
HEALTHY SAFE
CHALLENGED SUPPORTED ENGAGED
CHALLENGED SUPPORTED ENGAGED
Physical
Physical
Environment
Environment
Employee IMPROVING LEARNING AND HEALTH Health Climate Employee IMPROVING LEARNING AND HEALTH Health Climate
Wellness Education Wellness Education
Health Health
Services Services
COMMUNITY COMMUNITY
Supporting Communities Hunger Relief Collaboration Team (HRCT)
The Department of Multicultural Education serves to meet the educational needs of a diverse student
population of English Language Learners (ELLs) representing 28% of the total student population served by
The School District of Palm Beach County. Through the Title III Grant, the department has been able to support The School Food Service Department continued to collaborate and
the individual and unique educational needs of ELLs throughout the system and provide guidance to ensure support district-wide, since FY17, the efforts of many community
compliance with all requirements of state and federal mandates regarding ELLs. Through the efforts listed organizations to assist in providing children and families with
below, the latest graduation rate for the District’s ELL students is 72%, which represents a 15.3% increase hunger relief. We cannot do it alone – it takes a village. With that
compared to FY16. responsibility, a team of internal stakeholders was assembled to
provide conversation and expertise in this area of Hunger Relief
This department serves to meet the diverse needs of migrant students and families, which grew to over 800 needs. The ‘Hunger Relief Collaboration Team’ (HRCT) developed
students this FY19. Through the Title I-C Grant (Department of Federal and State Programs), the Multicultural its main goal and was comprised of 10 departments that offered
Department provides support for students and families migrating to the District throughout the year. cohesive guidance and support with the creation of procedures
and an agreement tool for Backpack/Family Bag Programs and
These two departments work in tandem to collaborate with various community organizations and form Food Pantries.
partnerships in service of the District’s Welcoming and Inclusive Schools Resolution. Through this resolution,
staff developed and implemented the District’s Immigrant Support Plan. Over 3,000 employees participated
in the online learning on the Immigrant Support Plan in FY19. Currently, schools and departments are
engaging in deeper learning on ensuring that each school and department is welcoming and inclusive for all
students, but particularly for any who are part of the immigrant or migrant communities.
In addition, to keep all communities involved in FY19 and FY20 the District did the following:
‚ The District cooperated and collaborated with appropriate community agencies to promote health and
wellness for its students, families, and staff consistent with the District’s goals of the Wellness Promotion
Policy.
‚ The District promoted collaborative partnerships with community agencies to develop and implement
joint projects that responded to students’ socio-emotional and learning needs.
‚ The District encouraged school professionals to provide education and support to the community
through educational sessions, parent training, task force participation, website information, and
other means of community based involvement in order to ensure a collaborative and well-informed The HRCT assisted with the internal coordination and dissemination of communication on larger scale hunger
relationships with local stakeholders. relief projects for the following time periods: Summer Break, Winter Break, and Spring Break with a variety of
‚ The District encouraged community involvement in the Wellness Promotion Policy development and stakeholders. The HRCT worked with The Education Network (TEN) to market these projects via video and
adoption process. media productions.
‚ The District encouraged community involvement in all the Wellness Promotion Task Force meetings. The District provided bulletin communication to all schools and created a HRCT SharePoint site filled with
‚ The District encouraged community involvement in school based wellness activities such as health valuable resources to assist with this process in FY19 and FY20. In FY19 with the development of an agreement
fairs, screenings, staff events, sporting events, etc. and guidelines template there were a total of 26 Backpack/Family Food Bag programs and 3 Food Pantries. In
FY20, the Hunger Relief School Program Participation Agreement was formalized and in this school year, there
were a total of 53 Backpack/Family Food Bag programs and 3 Food Pantries.

Due to COVID-19, the School Food Service Department and the Transportation Services Department organized
and provided a total of 159,323 boxes of food (non-perishable and produce) at open feeding sites to feed the
students and families in Palm Beach County.

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