This study attempted to determine the status of school-community relations inrnthe senior secondary schools of Region Three. In order to meet this objectivernperformance of schools was rated in light of Davis s six school-community relationrnlevels and information was gathered and analysed using percentages, chi-square testsrnt-tests and rank orders.rnThe results indicated that the status of the school-community relations is at lowrnIe . el and of one-way communication. There is a limited flow of information fromrnschools to their communities. Thus the school-community interaction in the schoolsrnstudied is at its rudimentary stage. Celebrating school days and in olving parentsrnconcerned in correcting severe misbehaviors of their children are the typical practicesrnof the schools. Parents rarely go to schools to make recurrent follow-up of schoolrnactivities and progress of their children. Besides, schools do not design mechanisms tornreceive feedbacks and suggestions from the publics concerned. These findings revealrnthat schools are adapting a less integrated approach in the process of educating childrenrnand the youth and, do not seem to be in a position to secure public and parentalrnsupport.rnThe shortcomings of the school-community relations programs are found to be:rnthe public feeling that "the education of children is the sole responsibility of educators"rnlack of parents' interest to participate in school affairs, lack of know-how of the schoolrnpersonnel and public relations workers, absence of system-wide activities to back-uprnefforts of individual schools, and high formalization in the educational hierarchy tornconsider desires and suggestions of the public.rnStrategies for offering trainings, educational radio program aimed at awarenessrnraising, basic research for assessing opinions of "informed" and "elite" publics,rninvolving prominent educators in educational policy formulation, introducing anrnEducation Committee at "wereda" level, parent-teacher and parent-principal conferencesrnat school level have been forwarded with the intention of improving the practice