Honoring parental volunteers

SAN BENITO — The Parental Involvement Department volunteers have had a busy school year.

In terms of numbers, 704 registered volunteers served the district in the 2015-2016 school year.

Those volunteers served all 19 campuses, with a total of 14,852 hours served.

Because of their dedication to the school district, during Tuesday night’s school board meeting, 26 were honored for their service as parent volunteers.

They have provided so much to our community and schools, said District Coordinator Luis Gonzales Jr.

Of those honored, were those who volunteered more than 100 hours of their time.

“They are the machine of what we do at the different campuses. Some are there Monday through Friday. They are there when administration needs them,” Gonzales said.

“They are our all stars.”

The organization is always accepting parent volunteers.

“Our numbers increase every year and we would like to continue that,” Gonzales said. “By the time I retire, I’d like that number to at 2,500.”

If you were to put a money value on that, Gonzales said the number of hours served equated to $107,677 worth of services provided.

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