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VOW 'Wool • School-Family-Student Compact.• To underscore that a mutual commitment is needed promote academic success, the teacher, parent(s), and student all sign a compact during a three-way conference at the beginning of the school year. The compact outlines the rights and responsibilities of each stakeholder, and affirms the three parties' mutual accountability for the success of all students, staff development, and parent satisfaction. [See Appendix for sample 3-Way Learning Compact] • Special Saturday classes:Scheduled at the beginning of the year, these mandatory half-day session allow parents to attend school with their children. • Guidance about at-home support.Aspire offers coaching to parents on reading at home (20+ min per day), providing the right level of help with homework, participating in projects, and playing games that reinforce learning. • Participation in school decision-making:In addition to roles in the school's parent organization, Aspire includes two parent representatives on the Site Advisory Council and parent participation on the school's Teacher Hiring Committee. Aspire's commitment to parents is demonstrated in the formal Guarantee to Parents. At any Aspire campus, parents can expect. • A demonstrated improvement in their child's academic performance; • An open invitation to attend their child's classes; • Easy, open communication with their child's teacher via voice mail and email; • The opportunity to rate the performance of teachers and the school annually;and • Eligibility to serve on the school's governing body, the Advisory School Council Community Partnerships Each campus of Aspire Public Schools establishes relationships with local community organizations and businesses to provide advance the educational goals of the school. Partners provide internships, tutoring, mentorship, donations of books and computers, and exposure to different professions. School Governance Aspire Public Schools encourages all stakeholders to participate in and take responsibility for the educational process and educational results. Each school has an Advisory School Council (ASC),which hold the ss exouls on board, conductsl accountable for the erformance of its the lottery f enrollment� The Council also serves as the p exceeds capacity, addresses school safety issues, reviews parental concerns and sets policies that are unique to the school. The ASC consists of the principal, two teachers, two parents, one member of the chartering district's Board, and one community member at large. The principal is responsible for communicating all ASC policy decisions to the Aspire Board of Directors. An Ombudsman serves as an objective, third parry resource for parents or ire ation community members who wish to Each Aspire charteress a r chooses its Ovance to embudsman��eSpected°ut a particular charter schoo p community leader from eachschool's parental concerns, and nity.m y choose tdsman o discusses his/her the problem discretion to ameliorate specificp with the Aspire Board of Directors in serious cases.