Full-service community schools in the United States

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A full-service community school (FSCS) in the United States focuses on partnerships between a school and its community. It integrates academics, youth development, family support, health and social services, and community development.^[1] Community schools are organized around the goals to help students learn and succeed and to strengthen families and communities. Full-service community schools extend the goals of traditional public schools further. They are centers of their communities that provide services to address the needs of student learners and build bridges between schools, families, and communities.^[2] They are schools that did not only promote academic excellence, but they also provide health, mental health, and social services on the school campus.^[3] The "school emerges as a community hub, a one-stop center to meet diverse needs and to achieve the best possible outcomes for each child."^[4][5]