The 411 on Title 1
I reported last week that the school board voted to split $124,633 in redirected Homework Hotline money between Lindley Elementary School and Welborn Middle School in the fall to cover Title 1 funds they would lose.
It was a tough decision for the board as several schools no longer qualify for the federal funds because of their percentages of students receiving free or reduced price lunch. For example, Aycock Middle will lose all $265,534. Rankin Elementary will lose $90,770 out of a total $335,000. Check out the full list of schools here.
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The positive side of this could be that poverty is less in our schools. Perhaps the parents of the children that were on free and reduced lunch found new jobs and are making more money. On a positive note these parents can now not only buy lunch for their children, but books and school supplies. This is good for their families.
Posted on May 14, 2007 11:20 PM
Jennifer, I understand you have access to the fall EOC results. Are you planning a discussion on those results?
Posted on May 15, 2007 10:04 PM
then again their are schools like Andrews, for example, that had their Title I status taken away. otherwise the school could have been getting these extra dollars.
Posted on May 16, 2007 12:45 AM
half-empty,
I did recently get some EOC data from the fall. I'll post it on a separate strand. It's multiple files though - I haven't had time to put it all together in one neat chart.
Posted on May 16, 2007 10:12 AM