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Title I Annual Meeting

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9/15/23

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What is a Title I School?

  • Being a Title I school means receiving federal funding (Title I dollars) to supplement the school’s existing programs. These dollars are used for…
    • identifying students experiencing academic difficulties and providing timely assistance to help these students’ meet the state’s challenging content standards.
    • purchasing supplemental staff/programs/materials/supplies.
    • conducting parent engagement meetings/trainings/activities.
    • recruiting/hiring/retaining professionally qualified teachers.

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  • Being a Title I school also means family engagement and parents’ rights.

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How does our school spend Title I money?

How is Title I Parent and Family Engagement money spent?

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  • Any local educational agency (school district) with a Title I allocation exceeding $500,000 is required by law to set aside 1% of its Title I allocation for parental engagement.

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  • Of that 1%, 10% may be reserved at the school district for system-wide initiatives related to family engagement. The remaining 90% must be allocated to all Title I schools in the district. Therefore, each Title I school receives its portion of the 90% to implement school-level family engagement.

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  • You, as Title I parents, have the right to be involved in how this money is spent.

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Family Engagement Funds

  • CCSS reserves 1% from the total amount of the Title I, Part A funds it receives in FY23 to carry out family engagement requirements.
  • Family/Parent input as sought through the Annual Evaluation Survey and Parent Forum held in the spring on how to spend these funds.

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Through collaboration with parents/families it was decided that for the 2023-2024 school year the following items would be funded:

  • Academic Coaches
  • Teachers and Paraprofessionals
  • Family Engagement Coordinators
  • Technology Tools
  • Parent Resource Area
  • Parent Workshops During the Year

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School-wide Program

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What are our school goals?

  • Improve weighted content mastery score by 5%.
  • Decrease number of referrals leading to ISS/OSS by 20%.

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What programs/supports are in place to help my child?

  • FLEX Time
  • Small group instruction
  • Behavior Intervention
  • Exact Path
  • Reflex

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What curriculum does our school use?

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What test will my child be taking?

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  • Students will be given common assessments in all academic content areas. This data is used to form our FLEX groups so that we can target students focus areas for remediation and enrichment.

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  • Our system will also give the following tests/assessments:
    • MAP Growth: given 3 times a year, provides information on how your child is currently doing academically and identifies areas to help your child grow. Projections for student performance is provided on state and college readiness.
    • Georgia Milestones Assessment System (GMAS) in the spring.
    • WIDA ACCESS (English Learners)

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Family Engagement Plans

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  • School Family Engagement Plan

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  • School –Parent Compact

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Teacher Qualifications

Parents of students in Title I schools have the right to know the professional qualifications of staff working with their child.

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Please talk to our principal if you have any questions related to teacher qualifications.

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What opportunities does the school provide for family engagement?

  • How can families become involved at the school?

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  • Parents have a right to request opportunities for regular meetings for parents to formulate suggestions and to participate, as appropriate, in decisions about the education of their children.

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  • The school must respond to any such suggestions from parents as soon as practicably possible.

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Contacting the Staff

  • Administrators:
    • Dr.Josh Purvis-Principal
    • Kristen Harrison-Asst Principal
    • Ian Smith-Asst Principal
    • Thad Brown-Asst Principal

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  • Teachers
  • Family Engagement Coordinator
    • Aisha Parsons
  • Social Worker
    • Lara Littleton
  • Guidance Counselor
    • Avis Smith
    • Brittany Hundley
    • Nerlily Lopez

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Write us a note!

Email us!

Make an appointment to come in!

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Give us a call!

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Questions?

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Call Aisha Parsons, Family Engagement Coordinator

at 229-890-6183 ext. 22010 or email aisha.parsons@colquitt.k12.ga.us to help answer any questions you may have.

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District Resources:

If you have any questions, please contact staff in the

CCSD Federal Programs Department at 229-890-6200.

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  • Todd Hall, Director of Federal Programs
  • Jeff Horne, Asst. Federal Programs Director/Migrant Coordinator
  • MaryBeth Montgomery, Title I Family Engagement Director
  • Charla Campbell, ESOL Director
  • Denise Pope, Homeless Liaison
  • Brianne Tomlinson, Federal Programs Secretary

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