When Highline Public Schools launched into a refresh of their strategic plan, updating strategies for student social-emotional learning was a key focus. They decided the best people to inform their approach to that topic were parents. “They are the children’s primary teachers when it comes to that, as well as their support system,” says Chief Communications Officer, Catherine Carbone Rogers. “It was a way we could utilize the resource of our parents’ knowledge.” The Highline team used Thoughtexchange to ask the parents and the whole community how to best support kids’ social-emotional wellness in schools. The results showed the district was doing well in some critical areas and highlighted a goal that could be improved. “It reinforced our promise of knowing every student by name,

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