Office of Family and Community Engagement
Family and Community Involvement
Advisory Committee (FCIAC)
The Family and Community Involvement Advisory Committee was established in 1993 to support the work of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools' Office of Community Engagement. Under School Board Policy 2111, PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT - A HOME-SCHOOL-DISTRICT PARTNERSHIP, the Committee is authorized to assess the progress in implementing this policy using outcome based data, including, but not limited to, the School Climate Survey and the Educational Engagement Survey, and will make written recommendations for improvement. The Committee may undertake specific projects which are within the scope of its purpose.
There will be 37 voting members, a majority of whom will be persons not employed by Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Monthly meetings are open to the public and are posted on the District's Master Calendar
Parent Representatives
North Region Representation
Jennifer De Paz
Reinaldo Palacios
Maria Ratti Jakoniuk
Meriel Seymore
Central Region Representation
Deborah Gonzalez
Laura Crenshaw-Philpot
Rebecca Fernandez
Ksenia Koryakina
Alternate
Analis Arriaga
South Region Representation
Ijeoma Adele
Nancy Levy
Elyssa Lewis
Lina Hodgson
Alternate
Liliana Collazo
Citizens Coalition for Public Education
Lisa Robertson
Miami-Dade County Council PTA-PTSA
Eileen Segal
Title I DAC
Bernadette Montgomery
Lenora D. Stafford
Zoraida Serret
Alternate
Michelle Penate
Supt.’s Advisory Panel for Students with Exceptionalities
Enrique Escallon