The Renton School District and the Road Map Project, an educational think tank, are planning a parent forum in April to engage parents in education.

The event will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., April 20 at Foster High School, 4242 S. 144th in Tukwila. The hosts are providing some amenities for this free event like on-site child care and interpreters in Spanish, Somali, Russian and Vietnamese will be available.

The district has teamed with the Road Map Project, an organization dedicated to improving education and driving dramatic improvement in student achievement in South King County and South Seattle.

The forum is designed to inform parents on different skills to help improve their child’s education. It includes information on:

• how to be heard and listened to;

• how to be a more effective advocate for children;

• how to have more meaningful dialogue with teachers;

• how to understand the education system; and

• how to be better prepared for high school and college.

Registration is going on now for the parent forum. For more information and to register for this regional event, visit the Road Map Project website. ( www.roadmapproject.org/collective-action/parent-forum.)