08-25-99 Special Meeting of La Porte Complete Count Committee

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I I Su I Suggested Time I I Getting Sta I I lanu 19 through Feb 20 I I I I I I I I I I I I ACTION STEPS o Convene a meeting of private and public school educators (superintendents, principals, teachers, administrators), parents, education advocacy organizations, parent-teacher organizations, college and university administrators, and education personnel union representatives to discuss the role of all educational institutions in a Census 2000 awareness campaign. Ask the school board to designate space in each school for a Questionnaire Assistance Center (QAC) and Be Counted Center. Ask each school to recruit parents, teachers, and community members to serve as volunteers in the QACs. Review the Census in Schools project materials for grades K-12. o o o o Partner with local schools to develop a Census awareness activity plan that will include utilizing the services of school clubs and organizations. Work with schools to develop plans for activities leading up to the delivery of the Census questionnaires, Census week, Census Day, and the entire month of April. Sponsor a Census poster contest for school-age children. Use the winning poster as the design for Census material distributed by the city. Create a speakers' bureau of educators, parents, and students who would be available to deliver a Census message at all school assemblies, programs, and other events. Encourage schools to use the Census in Schools materials as a supplement to the curriculum. The Census in Schools materials will be available in January 1999. They will also be accessible on the Internet. Coalesce with educators to draft a flyer or brochure on the CONFIDENTIALITY issue of the Census. Encourage schools to create Census awareness activities starting on April 1, 1999. Ask each school to have a Census bulletin board that is updated regularly and decorated attractively. Sponsor a Census newspaper clipping contest. Give prizes to students who develop the best "Census Bureau Gazette." Encourage the students to create names for their newspaper. Encourage schools to include Census messages at sporting events through the use of special cheers, marching band presentations, half-time announcements, and banners. Encourage and support student governments at the high school and university levels to develop special activities for Census awareness. Recruit student volunteers to distribute Census literature to community residents. Train students who speak other languages to be "Census Interpreters" to assist non-English speaking adults to complete the Census questionnaire. Support the Census activities hosted and sponsored by the schools. Encourage collaboration among private, parochial, and public schools in developing Census activities. Ask local schools to create a scrapbook of all Census activities. o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o 25