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November is Family Engagement Month in schools across the country.

Utah's state school board promoting increased partnership between parents and teachers.

Parent engagement proven to boost students' academic achievement while countering absenteeism.

Like countless other Utahns, Brian and Stephanie Clancy perform daily schedule juggling acts.

Besides being a military family preparing for an upcoming deployment — Brian’s a member of Utah’s Air National Guard — both of the Clancys are educators. And they are the parents of two school-aged kids, Boston and Philly.

But despite the couple’s limited bandwidth, they’re prioritizing being full-fledged partners with their local schools in their children’s education.

A child can have “the world’s best school teacher,” say the Clancy

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