tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post8790529736898095181..comments2023-10-23T09:23:22.051-04:00Comments on Your Schools: CMS report: Fine print is fascinatingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-17982791174455486302012-02-16T21:31:38.319-05:002012-02-16T21:31:38.319-05:00Simple question: Why are the schools that receive ...Simple question: Why are the schools that receive more funding (our taxes) underperforming, yet schools in the areas that are generating the tax dollars that are underfunded are over performing? The only folks that are disadvantaged are the tax payers…finally a message to title one transfers: keep your kids in your area schools and fight to make them better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-65861093084229423092012-01-18T06:23:24.840-05:002012-01-18T06:23:24.840-05:00economically disadvantaged ... because they're...economically disadvantaged ... because they're lazy moochers and always will be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-15189905711037170132012-01-17T16:18:34.901-05:002012-01-17T16:18:34.901-05:00Ann,
You're right and that's been one of ...Ann,<br /><br />You're right and that's been one of my sticking points - that no one seems to have a handle on what "it"...is when it comes to data with CMS. Title I, NSLP. etc.<br /><br />I'm willing to spend the money it takes to help those who need it so we can move beyond the minutia, but when we're constantly playing Three Card Monte, it's hard to have any faith in the system.<br /><br />Our Governor just announced she wants to reinstate a three-quarter cent sales tax increase in the next budget to stop "deep and unnecessary cuts" to schools. <br /><br />Yet she doesn't bother coming clean for the $50 MILLION she raided from the Education Lottery to balance the state budget awhile back.Wiley Coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16966764080565903720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-58166153208925340462012-01-17T16:10:02.462-05:002012-01-17T16:10:02.462-05:00Wiley, I'm learning some of the federal rules ...Wiley, I'm learning some of the federal rules from you, and the thing you posted says a Title I school must have an EDS level at least as high as the district average. So that would mean CMS couldn't distribute the money to schools with poverty levels below 54 percent, right?<br /><br />The 75 percent decision was in place when I started the beat in 2002. The rationale I've always heard is that CMS has so many high-poverty schools that spreading the money to more schools would water down its impact (though an earlier commenter makes a good point that the impact has never been clearly reported). <br /><br />I'm not sure who's formally responsible for deciding how to distribute the money, but my strong guess is that even if the superintendent CAN do it unilaterally, that wouldn't happen without board discussion and approval.Ann Doss Helmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03511764376105157616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-11001460808832927322012-01-17T15:24:21.771-05:002012-01-17T15:24:21.771-05:00From Florida:
Districts may extend Title I benefi...From Florida:<br /><br /><b>Districts may extend Title I benefits to schools lower than 75%, yet not below the district average percentage of free/reduced price meals. (Currently, in Hillsborough, Title I benefits are extended to high schools down to 56% and elementary and middle schools down to 60%. The district poverty average is 56%.)</b>Wiley Coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16966764080565903720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-18963048337554069982012-01-17T15:23:41.702-05:002012-01-17T15:23:41.702-05:0012:53--AdvanceEd, the agency which is threatening ...12:53--AdvanceEd, the agency which is threatening to pull KC accreditation, last year threatened to pull accred. for Wake County because they were changing their method of assignment from one based on socio-economics to a more neighborhood based plan. AdvanceEd had received complaints from state NAACP. I'm not sure what the outcome of all of this was but in my mind that undermined the credibility of AdvanceEd--appeared to be a purely political move. In the case of KC, however, they are probably correct. We lived in neighboring Overland Park 20 years ago, when the state was just beginning to pump major amounts of money into the system and middle class was bailing out as fast as they could. Nothing seems to have improved since that time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-89517144553926831372012-01-17T15:06:34.894-05:002012-01-17T15:06:34.894-05:00Ann,
Who is making the decision to use 75% as the...Ann,<br /><br />Who is making the decision to use 75% as the Title I threshold, instead of the 35 to 40% range?Wiley Coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16966764080565903720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-20996358003476031172012-01-17T15:04:05.022-05:002012-01-17T15:04:05.022-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Wiley Coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16966764080565903720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-4348862641913152892012-01-17T14:50:42.915-05:002012-01-17T14:50:42.915-05:001:18, unless CMS has changed it, Title I schools a...1:18, unless CMS has changed it, Title I schools are actually a subset of FOCUS schools (which you don't hear as much about in recent years). Title I schools in CMS have at least 75 percent economically disadvantaged (as Wiley notes, it can be much lower in many districts); FOCUS generally has a lower threshhold. Here's the CMS list of TI schools: http://www.cms.k12.nc.us/cmsdepartments/ci/fed-state-programs/title-I/Pages/Schools.aspxAnn Doss Helmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03511764376105157616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-34894646793833591682012-01-17T13:18:28.665-05:002012-01-17T13:18:28.665-05:00I have seen Title 1 monies used a number of ways t...I have seen Title 1 monies used a number of ways to target these schools/students. I however have not seen any final analysis that says a certain strategy can be linked to some academic improvement. I have seen funds used to buy smart boards, upfit computer labs, buy additional reading strategy books, fund specific teachers (and then county taxpayers have to kick in to pay them equivalent to a CMS teacher), staff development, etc. If any one has other uses, that would interesting.<br /><br />But as the first poster noted, while CMS can probably quickly tell you what they spent it on, having an objective measure that it lead to any improvement is less predictable. <br /><br />While many schools in CMS do meet the federal definition for Title 1 (abeit the point Wiley Coyote makes), the money is collected up and funneled only to the FOCUS schools. The Tile 1 office at CMS has sent me that list before of the identified Title 1 funding at the specific schools.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-14266992085976621472012-01-17T12:53:28.496-05:002012-01-17T12:53:28.496-05:00Kansas City schols back in the news.
http://www.u...Kansas City schols back in the news.<br /><br />http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/story/2012-01-16/schools-accreditation/52604344/1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-20283257617795809732012-01-17T11:11:16.405-05:002012-01-17T11:11:16.405-05:00Free lunch is a free lunch to that title 1 crowd. ...Free lunch is a free lunch to that title 1 crowd. We continue to pay for it they continue to expect it. Their parents do not care about education or the ones their kids get. They care that we watch them for 6-8 hrs a day. Go to a board meeting with these same questions and they wont have answers either ! They dont send their kids to CMS ( Stewart) she knows how bad Harding is !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-65050972520535090002012-01-17T10:44:55.712-05:002012-01-17T10:44:55.712-05:00LOL..sorry Ann...I have to do this...
You left of...LOL..sorry Ann...I have to do this...<br /><br />You left off one question in your opening paragraph:<br /><br />How much Title I money is paid to schools based on erroneous FRL data?<br /><br />Also, maybe you should ask Hattabaugh why is it those three high schools are just now receiving Title I funds when schools don't have to have that high of a poverty rate.<br /><br />This from the NC NCLB website:<br /><br /><b>Are there different types of Title I schools?<br /><br />Yes. Funding supports Title I Schoolwide Programs and Targeted<br />Assistance Schools, depending on the level of poverty in the school and how the school wants to function.<br /><br />Schoolwide Program schools have 40 percent or more of the children on free or reduced-price lunch and go through a one-year planning process.<br /><br />Schoolwide Programs have flexibility in using their Title I funds, in conjunction with<br />other funds in the school, to upgrade the operation of the entire school.<br /><br />Targeted Assistance Schools have 35<br />percent or more of the students on free or reduced-price lunch and use Title I funds to focus on helping the students most at risk of academic failure on state assessments.<br /><br />What are the state and federal standards for low-income students and schools in poverty?<br /><br />Low-income students are defined as those meeting free or reduced-price lunch criteria. Schools in poverty are defined by the<br />percentage of low-income students.<br /><br />A Title I school must have: 1) a percentage of low-income students that is at least as high as the district's overall percentage; or 2) have at least 35 percent low-income students (whichever is<br />the lower of the two figures). <br /><br />Only about one-third of the schools eligible for Title I are funded nationwide.</b>Wiley Coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16966764080565903720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-80941232115495472752012-01-17T06:02:38.662-05:002012-01-17T06:02:38.662-05:00Title I is Federal money. Is there an itemized bre...Title I is Federal money. Is there an itemized breakdown of how that over half a million dollars is spent at each school? There has to be some accountabilty and some sort of RESULTS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com