Notice to Parents:
2009-2010 School Year - Parents were given the option of
school choice for their child(ren) for the current school year.
Supplemental Services are offered at our school. For more
information, contact the school Principal or Title I staff.
ANNUAL PARENT NOTICE OF
RIGHT TO REQUEST TEACHER AND PARAPROFESSIONAL
QUALIFICATIONS
In accordance with Section1118 of the No Child Left Behind
Act of 2001, parents of children in a Title I school have the
right to request information about the qualification of their
child’s teachers and/or paraprofessionals. This information will
be made available to you upon request from the school principal.
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If English is not the primary language spoken in the home or
if other issues prevent parents/guardians from understanding
information sent home by the school, please contact the Title I
Staff or principal at your school to request assistance.
What is Title I, Part A?
Title I, Part A
(termed Chapter I between 1981 and 1994) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) is the largest federal
education program for elementary and secondary schools.
Funds are targeted to high-poverty school districts and used to
provide supplementary educational services—usually in reading
and mathematics—to students who are educationally disadvantaged
or at risk of failing to meet the state standards. Although the
program is designed mainly to benefit impoverished areas, over
90 percent of United States school districts and roughly half of
all public schools receive at last some part A funding.
Title I focuses on disadvantaged children in high-poverty
schools as is consistent with the federal government's
historical role in education. That role involves targeting funds
and services at special populations of children who need
additional assistance above and beyond that provided through
regular state and local resources.
Be informed
about your child's education!
Visit the West Virginia Department of Education website to view
the new
Content Standards and Objectives.
Types of Programs
There are two main models for serving students in a Title
I school:
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Targeted Assistance (TA):
This model provides supplemental services to
identified children who are low-achieving or at risk of
low-achievement. The school selects "eligible children"
from the larger pool of students by identifying those
who are "failing, or most at risk of failing, to meet
the state's challenging student academic achievement
standards." The school makes this determination based on
multiple, educationally related, objective criteria
established by the LEA and supplemented by the school.
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Schoolwide
(SW): This model funds a comprehensive school plan to
upgrade all instruction in a very high-poverty school,
without distinguishing between "eligible" and
"ineligible" children. Schoolwide programs are justified
on the grounds that once poverty reaches a certain
threshold in a school, it makes more sense to try to
improve the whole instructional program than to provide
services separately to some of the students. A school
must first be selected by the LEA as a participating
school. In addition, the school must meet the required
poverty threshold of 40 percent (at least 40 percent of
the children are from low-income families). Any eligible
school that desires to operate a schoolwide program must
first develop a comprehensive plan for reforming the
total instructional program in the school.
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