Annual Title I Parent Meeting SY2024-2025
August 27, 2024
Kennedy Road Middle School
280 Kennedy Road, Griffin GA
770-229-3760
Ms. Robyn Davis, Principal
Mr. Justin Sumner, Assistant Principal
Ms. Brandice Shackleford, Assistant Principal
Kevin Jones & Tiana Fowler,
Parent & Community Engagement Liaisons
Please take a moment and Sign-In
9:00 am virtual meeting
5:00 pm in person
Title I Annual Meeting SY2024-2025
August 27, 2024
Kennedy Road Middle School
Agenda
Purpose of the Annual Title I Parent Meeting
Title I, Part A in the ESSA mandates that each school who receives Title I funds must convene an annual parent meeting to inform participating parents about the school’s Title I program and their rights to be involved. This meeting should be held in a timely manner to inform only and not seek formal input for the current year’s parent and family engagement policies, school-parent compacts, building school staff capacity, or parent and family engagement budget.
Kennedy Road Middle School is a school-wide Title I program and is conducting this meeting in accordance with Title I Family and Parent Engagement guidelines. Kennedy Road Middle School has been designated as a Title I School.
What is Title I?
Title I, Part A under ESSA is a federal law that provides supplemental funding for resources to schools with a high concentration of students on free/reduced priced meals to meet educational goals, such as:
•Additional tutors, teachers, and/or paraprofessionals
•Training for school staff on how to engage parents and families
•Parent and Family Engagement activities
•Parent and Community Engagement Liaison
•A variety of supplemental materials and equipment
How does our school spend Title I Money?
Our school utilizes Title I money to support the academic programs within our classrooms. Funds were utilized for staffing, supplies, after school program, equipment, materials and the school’s Title I Parent Liaison.
How parents can be involved with deciding how funds are spent this year.
Parents input/feedback is sought in deciding how funds are used in multiple ways:
2024-2025 Fall Parent Survey
2024-2025 Spring Parent Survey
2025-2026 School Improvement Process – parents are invited to attend the Spring stakeholder input meetings to share in the decision-making process.
2024-2025 Meeting Evaluations
How does our school participate in the Title I Program?
What are our Schools title I Requirements?
What are our schoolwide goals?
Kennedy Road Middle School Improvement Plan
Our Mission:The mission of Kennedy Road Middle School is to help students be prepared, accept responsibility, work hard, and show respect in an environment where everyone is accountable.
Kennedy Road Middle School
Continuous School Improvement Goals
2024-2025
Goal Area: Organizational and Operational Efficiency
Initiative: LEAD Great Schools
Goal Area: High Performing Staff
Initiative: Ensure high quality instructional practices (Tier I instruction) where students are engaged in reading, writing, speaking, and solving in every class, every day.
Goal Area: Student Achievement
Ensure high quality instructional practices (Tier I instruction) where students are engaged in reading, writing, speaking, and solving in every class, every day.
What are our Schools title I Requirements?
What programs/supports are in place to help my child?
Kennedy Road Middle School Improvement Plan
Our Programs/Supports:
Our School’s Performance Data
The data below was compiled from the 2023-2024 SY Georgia Milestones. This data will serve as a baseline for the 2024-2025 SY. Data is used to develop school goals, school improvement plans, and Title I Family and Parent Engagement documents.
Math Data- Not released yet
ELA Data is as follows
What Curriculum Does Our School Use?
What Assessments Does Our School Use?
What Tests Will My Child Be Taking?
1st Semester Testing Dates
August 12th-23rd
September 3rd-13th: PBIS Universal Screener
September 23rd- October 4th: YouScience Career Aptitude Assessment
October 21st- November 1st: District Benchmark Assessment
October 31st: FitGA Pre-Test
December 2nd- 13th: i-Ready MOY
December 18th-20th: Semester Final Exams
2nd Semester Testing Dates
January 8th- February 28th, 2025: Access 2.0 for ELLs Administration
January 27th- March 7th: NAEP Administration
March 18th: PSAT Administration
March 24th- May 2nd: GAA 2.0 Assessment
April 1st: FitGA Post-Test
April 24th: GA Milestones EOC Spring Administration (8th Grade Enhanced Algebra: Concepts and Connections)
April 14th-25th: i-Ready EOY
April 30th- May 9th: GA Milestones EOG Spring
May 21st-23rd: Semester Final Exams
Title I Parent and Family Engagement
families work together to promote academic success for all students.
Title I Parent and Family Engagement
Working Together!
The ESSA law requires that all Title I schools and families work together. The following documents are a collaboration between school and family:
Our School’s Parent and Family Engagement Policy Working Together!
School-Parent-Student Collaboration
Working Together!
Parent’s Right to Know
Parents have the right to know about the teaching qualifications of their child’s classroom teacher(s) in a school receiving Title I funds
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW
•Whether the teacher has met state qualification and licensing criteria levels in
the subject areas in which the teacher provides instruction
•Whether the teacher is teaching under emergency or other provisional status
through which state qualifications or licensing criteria have been waived
•Whether your child is provided services by paraprofessionals and, if so, their
qualifications.
Griffin-Spalding County Schools has a waiver of teacher qualifications for the 2024-2025 SY that applies to all teachers other than those teaching special education, gifted, and EIP
Title I Opportunities for Engagement
(see Mrs. Fowler for details)
You Can Have Input Into Family Engagement Opportunities
We will be hosting monthly meetings/workshops, both face-to-face and in Google Meet to allow you to have input into the areas discussed in this Title I Annual Meeting. There will also be district-level and school-level input surveys for you to have your voice heard. We will use parent input to plan what types of workshops to host, the most effective forms of communication and in providing the most convenient meeting times and days.
You Can Have Input Into Family Engagement Opportunities
The QR Code or the tinyurl to the left takes you to the GSCS District’s Title I Fall Survey. If you have not completed this survey, please take a moment to provide your feedback. This survey guides our plans for providing family engagement events and activities for you and your family this school year.
Please watch for surveys throughout the school year from you child’s/children’s school(s) so that you can provide us with your valuable input.
This spring you will have the opportunity to attend input meetings and complete another district survey to help us plan for the SY 2025-2026.
Thank you for your input!
Your Engagement is Key to Your Child’s Success
-- Share information about your child’s interests and abilities with teachers
-- If your family is going through difficulties that might impact your child at
school, please let the teacher and school know
-- Access your child’s grades via the IC Parent Portal to get information about your
child’s academic progress
Ways Our School Will
Communicate With You
Title I Family Resource Center and Parent Liaison
The KRMS Family Resource Center is
located in the Media Center and is available
whenever school is open. We also partner with
the community to provide students and families
in need with basic essentials and food pantry items.
Any student or parent can see our school counselors to inquire about these resources or other needed services.
Annual Title I Meeting Evaluation
Please complete the evaluation form using the QR code
Upcoming Family & Parent Engagement Workshops
Save the Date-Mark your calendars
Please complete the Fall Parent Survey- We need your input.
Questions
Thank You for Attending!