School Committee Communication Patterns in Actualize School Programs in Public High Schools

Abstract

The school committee is one of the organizations that become partners in supporting school programs. The existence of a school committee is very important, especially in public schools. For state schools, the implementation of school programs requires a third party as a supporting system, especially in terms of funding. Even though state schools receive grants from the government, the implementation of school programs is not comparable when public schools are allowed to collect tuition fees from students' parents. Many school programs are not implemented.  A school committee is needed that can support school programs. Therefore, the school committee needs to have good communication in its internal scope to support school programs. The purpose of this study was to analyze the school committee communication patterns in actualizing school programs in public high schools. This study used the descriptive qualitative method. The results showed that the star communication pattern was the most widely used by the school committee in discussing school programs that would be supported by the school committee. The form of communication that is carried out is mostly using WhatsApp media to interact. Communication barriers in realizing school programs are limited funds, still lack care for parents, and parents' mindsets. It can be concluded that all communication patterns can be used by the school committee depending on the situation and conditions. This study recommends the same research on the communication patterns of school committees other than in public schools.