MISSION STATEMENT: The Pocahontas County Board of Education believes that parent involvement at the early childhood, middle and adolescent levels is absolutely fundamental to a healthy system of public education. Strong partnerships between homes and schools are needed if quality education is to be provided to all children. Parents and teachers, by fostering a sense of cooperative responsibility, can reinforce each other鈥檚 efforts. As their children鈥檚 first and most enduring teachers, parents can complement their children鈥檚 school learning and behavior by serving as collaborators in the educational process. The resulting home-school partnerships can have positive effects on parent, teacher and student attitudes, classroom instruction and student achievement.