Press Room

In the most recent issue of Education Week, Communities In Schools President and CEO Rey Saldaña discusses the current effect of school closures on K-12 education and challenges Congress to do more to help nonprofits

The National Council of Nonprofits, which includes Communities In Schools, and Leadership 18 issued a letter to Congress requesting an infusion of $60 billion in emergency funding to enable the nonprofit sector to continue serving vulnerable communities affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Communities In Schools® (CIS) issued a statement about the growing number of school closures triggered by the coronoavirus pandemic and the outsized impact on the nation’s most vulnerable students.

A joint proposal from the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and Communities In Schools® (CIS) is a top 100 finalist for a single $100 million grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s 100&Change competition,

Communities in Schools® (CIS) anunció hoy que el exconcejal de la ciudad de San Antonio y exalumno de CIS de San Antonio, Rey Saldaña, ha sido nombrado presidente y director ejecutivo.

Communities In Schools® (CIS) announced that former San Antonio City Councilman and CIS Alumnus Rey Saldaña has been named President and CEO.

Communities In Schools commended Congress for increasing appropriations funding for programs that support student success.

CIS National Board Chair Elaine Wynn today announced that Dale Erquiaga will be stepping down as President and CEO on March, 31, 2020.

Communities In Schools announces two new Bill & Jean Milliken Alumni fellows, for the 2019-2020 school year, Rosaura “Rosie” Martinez and Tres’Rionna Whitlock. This annual fellowship seeks to advance CIS' collective work and give voice to the next generation of CIS leaders and thinkers, while honoring Bill and Jean Milliken’s unique contributions to this organization.

Communities In Schools, the largest national organization dedicated to empowering at-risk students to stay in school and on a path to a brighter future, welcomed Juan Sepúlveda and Zac Guevara to its National Board of Directors today.

Communities In Schools Announces Speakers and Honorees for Leadership Town Hall Conference in Chicago | Harvard Researcher Raj Chetty, NHL EVP Kim Davis and Fmr. Ed Secy. Arne Duncan to Speak | WV Governor James Conley Justice, First Lady Cathy Justice and AbbVie Among Honorees

Communities In Schools has earned a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity evaluator.

Communities In Schools, a national nonprofit supporting at-risk students in K-12 schools, today released a list of money-saving tips for parents concerned about the rising cost of sending their children back to school. The tip list was created in connection with the Backpack Index which shows a significant increase in back-to-school costs for families with children attending elementary, middle and high school. The Index, a measure of household spending on school supplies and fees, is an annual collaboration of Huntington Bank and Communities In Schools.

CIS expressed strong disapproval of the change in the public charge rule, which aims to deny permanent legal status to those immigrants who access critical social services for themselves and their families.

Schools in a handful of West Virginia counties are preparing for the welcome addition of new, state-funded and school-based support staff to connect students with outside resources. That comes with the expansion of the Communities In Schools (CIS) program from three to 11 counties for the coming 2019-20 school year.

The 13th annual Huntington (Nasdaq: HBAN; www.huntington.com) Backpack Index, a barometer for household spending on school supplies and related fees, reports a significant increase in costs for American families with children attending elementary, middle and high school. Developed in collaboration with Communities In Schools, a national nonprofit supporting at-risk students in K-12 public schools, the 2019 Huntington Backpack Index features an updated methodology reflecting the increased reliance on connected devices for completing school work.

Learn more about the school discipline challenges and ideas raised by students, teachers, and subject matter experts at the Summit. 

Communities In Schools, the largest national organization dedicated to empowering at-risk students to stay in school and on a path to a brighter future, welcomed Carmen Ortiz-McGhee to its National Board of Directors today.  Ms. Ortiz-McGhee is Executive Vice President of the National Association of Investment Companies (NAIC).

A new Gallup survey, commissioned by Communities In Schools, reveals that more than half of adults surveyed said teachers are not being prepared to effectively handle discipline issues in the classroom. Almost 30 percent of respondents said they were concerned that unsafe school or classroom environments would result from poorly handled discipline issues and 20 percent cited the disruption of learning as their top concern.

On a recent evening in Charlotte, North Carolina, 10 high school students from low-income backgrounds met with top executives of the Albemarle Corp., a global specialty chemicals company. The teens were there to meet role models, learn about building a successful career and give the execs advice about how Albemarle could improve its business.