CMSD’s ‘Parent University’ inspires parents, offers free bus tours to colleges

A highlight of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s “Parent University,” is the addition of free bus trips to colleges, with a goal of helping families “see the future now” by touring colleges with their children.

Parents are encouraged to sign up for a limited number of seats on buses bound for colleges throughout Ohio to get a glimpse of their child’s life beyond graduation. Parent University includes previous favorites and new offerings that Tracy Hill, Executive Director of CMSD’s Office of Family & Community Engagement, says are designed to help parents educate children academically and emotionally and to help parents enhance their own parenting and life skills.

An April 20 full-day session of Parent University at John Adams will offer courses on parent empowerment, computer basics, career exploration, advocating for your child and urban farm diets, which are only a few of this semester’s offerings. Hill said she expects the Latino Parent Institute to be among this year’s favorite courses.

Free parent-centered workshops are in session from April 8 through May 31. Call the Family and Community Engagement Office at 216.858.0117 to register for Parent University, or register online at cmsdnet.net. Reserve your seat on the free College Bus Tour by calling 216.436.5369.