Where can you turn for answers when you find yourself or your child caught with questions? Traditional channels such as teachers, guidance counselors, and administrators are always open to communication, but here at Potomac High School as in all High Schools in Prince Georges County we offer an additional avenue —the Parent Liaison program.

Who Is a Parent Liaison?

A Parent Liaison is a school staff member who works at Potomac HS. He/She is primarily responsible to help parents get the information and assistance they need to support their children at home and to ensure their children’s success in school.

As indicated earlier the Parent Liaison program exists throughout PG County Public Schools. The position was created in order to increase schools’ productive involvement with families in their communities. A Parent Liaison’s primary responsibility is to find ways to bridge communication, cultural, language, and/or experiential gaps that impeded the home and school working together.

Who Is Potomac High School’s Parent Liaison?

My name is Yvonne Payne, and this is my second year as Potomac High School’s Parent Liaison. I’m very familiar with Potomac High School and its programs and am excited to share that knowledge with other parents!

How Do Parent Liaisons Help Parents?

Parent Liaisons help parents and students in many different ways.

• facilitating communication between parents and teachers or parents and administrators
• disseminating information about the school and its programs
• meeting with parents to discuss school policies and procedures as well as the need for conferences or meetings
• arranging meetings between parents and school staff members, including
• helping parents get involved with their child’s class and/or the school as a whole .

Overall, the job I do the most often is listen to parents and help them find the solutions they seek.

I can be reached at 301-702-3900 EXT238