Business and community partnerships are cooperative efforts with education to foster an exchange of resources with the goal of enhancing student achievement. Cypress-Fairbanks ISD has long enjoyed the benefits of an active partnership with our business and community groups. Within the district, partnerships routinely fall into one of three categories:

1. Release Time: Employees are provided time from work to assist students and/or teachers on a regular basis. The mentor, tutoring, reading, storytelling and Bus Buddies programs fall into this category;
2. Career-Related Programs: Career Days, the Speakers Directory, Junior Achievement, job shadowing and cooperative work programs are just a few of the career-related programs; and
3. Material Resources/Special Projects: The programs may involve supplying equipment, facilities, supplies, monetary donations, scholarships, awards and transportation for special events.

The support of our community is critical to the success of our students. During each school year, thousands of hours of services and resources are donated by our business/community partners. Any business or community group that shares the belief that our nation’s ability to compete in the global economy is linked to our success in educating our citizens, and who wants to express that belief by establishing a partnership with one or more of our schools is invited to contact the: