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FSIS will do the following:

• Plan and schedule the walk-through with a school contact person.
• Prepare a walk-through packet for each team member.
• Divide participants into component teams and facilitate the briefing, walk-through, and debriefing.
• Write a summary of the team's observations, commendations, and recommendations; submit it to the principal following the walk-through.
• Follow-up with the school to discuss next steps.

• Select walk-through team members who are representative of your school and community and invite them to become part of the walk-through team. Send the list of names and roles in your school or community to your FSIS cluster representative.
• Provide a meeting room large enough for your team members plus four FSIS team leaders.
• Provide space for each of the 4 component teams to meet and talk separately. (This could be the same room with teams moving to separate corners.)
• Provide the name of the administrator(s) who will be interviewed.
• Provide a map/floor plan of the school.
• Collect samples of all written materials sent to parents/families, i.e., a parent/student handbook, two recent newsletters, a student directory, and a packet of materials for new students and families.
• Submit to the FSIS contact person the school's website address and the telephone numbers, including the message lines through which families and community members can contact the school and obtain needed information. (FSIS staff will call those numbers before the actual walk-through.) Send any information we would need to access your web site.
• Note: It is requested that written materials, website information, and telephone numbers be sent to FSIS at least one week prior to the walk-though so that they can be reviewed in advance. School and community members involved in the walk-through will have an opportunity to review the written materials on the day of the walk-through.

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