Verdugo Hills Title I school.

Friday, June 15, 20001

Still not a lot to tell you. Even though we got Title One funds by having 67% of the student population eligible for lunch tickets, these are not especially the students that will be identified as a Title One student. Title One students are students who are achieving below "grade level"or at risk of being below "grade level." We need two methods of identifying these students, I plan on using this year's Stanford 9 scores and this year's report card grades. Below 50% on the Stanford 9 test and below C on the report card should indicate that the student is below or at risk of being below "grade level."

Once the students have been identified, the parents are identified and informed of the program. There will be an election to create a Title One Committee with the majority of members being parents. This committee must approve the Title One budget.
We have about $370,000 to spend. 5% must be spent on staff development. 1% must be spent on a parent liaison. Some will be spent on Mr. Noyes who will be working this summer identifying and meeting and working out the budget. Some will be spent on aides to help our present aides with security ( Assuming the committee agrees to this.)

Title One money is supposed to target the "below grade level" student and increase their achievement math and literacy. According to most nationwide studies, Title One money is spent and there is no noticeable increase in the targeted student's achievement. Maybe we can do better at VHHS.

The Title One program is for a minimum of two years. If the federal government doesn't fund the program next year, the state will fund it.

So, try to think of ways money could be spent that would actually cause your low performing students to improve in literacy or math. Leave your ideas in Mr. Noyes box and we will see what we can do.