Title I Annual Meeting

Boones Mill Elementary School

2024-25

September 10, 2024, 5:30-7:00 pm

What is Title I and How Can Families Be Involved?

Definition of Title I:

• Title I provides federal funding to schools to help students who are low achieving or at risk of falling behind.
• Title I funds are given to schools based on poverty measures provided from community agencies.
• Schools with averages above the district’s average are eligible for a Title I funds.

How do we use these funds?

• The school uses Title I funds to upgrade the entire educational program of the school.

(Additional staff, smaller instructional groups, instructional materials)

• Title I funds are used to serve all children in order to raise academic achievement.
• Title I funds support families experiencing homelessness.

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Updates for 2024-25

Virginia Literacy Act

During the 2022 session of the Virginia General Assembly, lawmakers passed the Virginia Literacy Act with the aim of improving early literacy outcomes for Virginia's young learners.

Changes include:

• New Standards of Learning (SOLs) in reading
• New high quality instructional materials
• Teachers have received many additional hours of training
• Every student will receive the instruction they need for 120 minutes each day
• New state screening tool to help identify students who are in need of additional supports

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Virginia Literacy Act

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Each Title I school will have a Literacy Night to explain in detail the changes that are happening in reading for 2024-25.

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Boones Mill Elementary Literacy Night is

November 7, 2024 at 5:30 pm

Tips for Parents:

• Stay Engaged: Regularly communicate with your child’s teacher and participate in school events.
• Create a Reading-Friendly Environment: Encourage reading at home by providing a variety of books and setting aside time for reading.
• Monitor Progress: Keep track of your child’s progress and address any concerns promptly with the teacher.
• Encourage a Love for Reading: Foster a positive attitude towards reading by making it enjoyable and interactive.

By being proactive and involved, parents can help ensure their children benefit fully from the new reading curriculum.

Virginia Literacy Act

Homelessness is Real

The federal McKinney-Vento Act guarantees school enrollment for anyone who, due to a lack of housing, does not have a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence. This could include:

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Students in these living situations have certain rights:

• Stay in the same school when it is in their best interest or
• Immediately enroll in the local school even without required documents.

For more information contact Dr. Amy Johnson, McKinney-Vento liaison, for help at 540-483-5138 or amy.johnson@frco.k12.va.us

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Title I Parent Notification Requirements

Parent’s Right to Know – �Individual Student Achievement

• Parents have the right to know how their child performed on SOL tests each spring. The school will be sending home information on how to access your child’s SOL scores once testing has been completed in the spring.

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• SOL tests are given to students in Grades 3-5.

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Parent’s Right to Know – �What are my child’s teacher’s qualifications?

Parents may request information about the professional

qualifications of the students’ classroom teacher including:

1. meeting state qualification and licensing criteria for the grade level and subject areas in which the teacher provides instruction
2. teaching under emergency or other provisional status
3. teaching in the field or discipline of the teacher’s certification

Parents may request information regarding whether the child is provided services by paraprofessionals and, if so, their qualifications.

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When a teacher is out for 4 or more weeks

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Schools are required to send notification to parents in Title I schools if their child has been taught for four or more consecutive weeks by a teacher who is not properly licensed in Virginia to teach the class to which students are assigned.

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����Parent’s Right to Know – ��Parents can get online information about student achievement, school safety, teacher quality and other topics of interest to parents by visiting: �SCHOOL QUALITY PROFILE

http://schoolquality.virginia.gov/

Parent and Family Engagement Planning

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• Each fall we send out a family survey asking how we might better partner with our parents so all children will succeed in school.
• You will get a chance to fill out this survey in a few minutes!
• If you have any suggestions, we want to hear from you. ☺

How Can You Be Involved?

Parent and Family Opportunities

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• Join the PTO
• Attend school events
• Become a volunteer
• Come to parent conferences
• Becoming a member of the Parent and Family Engagement Committee

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What Does the Parent and Family Engagement Committee Do?

• Provides input used to make decisions about the effective use of parent involvement funds so that parents can help their children to do better in school.

If you are interested in being on our

Parent & Family Engagement Committee,

you can indicate that at the end of your survey.

Right to Request Meetings

• Upon the request of parents, the school must provide opportunities for regular meetings for parents to formulate suggestions and to participate, as appropriate, in decisions about the education of their children.
• The school must respond to any such suggestions as soon as practicably possible.

Questions?

Up Next…

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Visit the classroom, complete our fall survey, and collect your free ice cream coupon!

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Note: If you have multiple children, please pickup the youngest before visiting your oldest child’s classroom to complete the survey. We will make an announcement around 6:20 reminding you to make your way to the next classroom!

On behalf of the Title I office, we wish you and your child a wonderful school year.