School-Community Partnerships in Bulan District

The study aimed to determine the practices of the school heads in nurturing school-community partnerships and involvement of the stakeholders in Bulan Districts for school year 2018-2019. It used the descriptive-survey method and devised a questionnaire for gathering the primary data. The respondents include all the school heads in the Bulan Districts. The statistical tools utilized were frequency count, percentage, weighted mean and ranking. The extent of practices of the school heads in nurturing school-community partnerships along engaging stakeholders’ participation is highly practiced with an overall weighted mean of 4.31. The holding of PTCA meetings is very highly practiced with weighted mean of 4.93. Relative to fund utilization and transparency, the school heads very highly practiced the putting up of transparency board and posting of financial reports for transparency with weighted mean of 4.95. In terms of school environment, the provision of security guard in the school, the conduct of monthly monitoring and inspection of the classrooms and other facilities, assistance provided by the community in the repair of damaged furniture and fixtures, and installation of streetlights around the school are very highly practiced by the school heads with weighted means of 4.90. The stakeholders are very highly involved in knowing the Department of Education orders and memoranda with weighted mean of 4.88. Likewise, they are very highly involved as to regularly participating in planning, implementation and evaluation of school programs with weighted mean of 4.88. Moreover, the barangay officials are very highly involved in allocating financial assistance to the school from their IRA with weighted mean of 4.83. Evidently, the community is very much involved in providing assistance to the school in the repair of furniture and fixtures with weighted mean of 4.90. The mechanisms identified by the school heads in nurturing school-community relations in terms of engaging