SYCAMORE – As tight budgets limit school resources, Sycamore School District 427 is finding new ways to make education a community effort.

Peter Goff, dean of students at Sycamore High School, has helped launch a pilot program to integrate 10 community service agencies into the routines of high school and middle school students and their parents.

Youth Experiencing Success in School provides in-school and after-school programs for students. It also has workshops for parents to help them become more involved with their student’s academic, social and future plans.