This policy document, directed to school board members, superintendents, and principals, makes recommendations on developing school partnerships with families and communities; discusses the benefits of school partnerships for children, families, schools, teachers, and community agencies; and identifies basic principles underlying successful partnerships. Six types of family-community-school partnerships are described, including basic obligations of families; basic obligations of school for communication; involvement at school; involvement in learning activities at home; involvement in decision making, governance, and advocacy; and collaboration and exchange with community organizations. The bulk of the document discusses the following recommendations for helping schools develop collaborative partnerships: (1) adopt clear written policies on school-family-community collaboration and back up the policies with direct support; (2) align personnel policies with the district's commitment to collaboration; (3) prepare school staff and parents to work collaboratively; (4) involve family members as full partners with real decision-making responsibility; (5) develop agreements with social service and health agencies to provide services for students and their families; (6) use multiple approaches to school-family communication; (7) increase opportunities for students to learn at home and in the community; (8) set up parent/family centers in every elementary, middle, and high school; (9) expand parent choice within the public school system and provide good consumer information; and (10) create planning and problem-solving teams. Each recommendation is accompanied by a detailed rationale and examples of successful school practices. Includes a list of elements of a district partnership policy. (KDFB)