Bancroft Loses Title I Status?

[Anonymous]

A couple of parents at the school are reporting that Bancroft has lost its Title I status for next school year (SY23-24). Can anyone confirm whether this is true?

[Anonymous]

Yes, it's noted in the initial budget submission for Bancroft for the upcoming school year. See https://dcpsbudget.com/datasets/bancroft-es-initial-2024/.

[Anonymous]

I’m a Bancroft parent. I can’t say I’m surprised. As a practical matter what does that mean for the school? Will teachers be cut? Will some of the specials be cut. I thought it was pretty cool that they had a teacher for gardening.

I’m a relatively new Bancroft parent. My son is in K and we weren’t there for preK. We’ve been happy with the school. My son seems to be picking up the Spanish and his report card seems to reflect that he is grasping the concepts. I wish the kids had more than one recess but that is DCPS-wide so there isn’t much I can do about that.

[Anonymous]

How do they lose title 1 status but still get that big a budget increase?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a Bancroft parent. I can’t say I’m surprised. As a practical matter what does that mean for the school? Will teachers be cut? Will some of the specials be cut. I thought it was pretty cool that they had a teacher for gardening.

I’m a relatively new Bancroft parent. My son is in K and we weren’t there for preK. We’ve been happy with the school. My son seems to be picking up the Spanish and his report card seems to reflect that he is grasping the concepts. I wish the kids had more than one recess but that is DCPS-wide so there isn’t much I can do about that.

I don't remember which thread but recently there was one talking about loss of Title 1 and a couple of the parents who had experienced this at their schools (LT?) provided some specific and helpful observations. I would suggest the PTA of Bancroft reach out to the LT PTA (and other similarly situated schools) because it sounds like there are surely gaps that appear in the wake of losing Title 1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do they lose title 1 status but still get that big a budget increase?

It's explained in the document. They're projected to have an additional 36 kids, basically, plus a few other items.

https://dcpsbudget.com/datasets/bancroft-es-initial-2024/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do they lose title 1 status but still get that big a budget increase?

It's explained in the document. They're projected to have an additional 36 kids, basically, plus a few other items.

https://dcpsbudget.com/datasets/bancroft-es-initial-2024/

That's not an adequate explanation.

Mann gained 27 students and lost $250k.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do they lose title 1 status but still get that big a budget increase?

It's explained in the document. They're projected to have an additional 36 kids, basically, plus a few other items.

https://dcpsbudget.com/datasets/bancroft-es-initial-2024/

That's not an adequate explanation.

Mann gained 27 students and lost $250k.

Maybe Mann should get a self contained class or some more at risk kids. Both of those will allow for a boost in funding

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do they lose title 1 status but still get that big a budget increase?

It's explained in the document. They're projected to have an additional 36 kids, basically, plus a few other items.

https://dcpsbudget.com/datasets/bancroft-es-initial-2024/

That's not an adequate explanation.

Mann gained 27 students and lost $250k.

I don't know why you think anyone owes you an explanation. But if you would trouble yourself to read the document, it seems that Mann's new students aren't projected to be as at-risk or as in-need of mental health support, social workers, or ELL. If Bancroft's new students have higher needs, then Bancroft gets more money in the formula.

[Anonymous]

When losing Title 1 that typically impacts more PK 3/4. At our title 1 I believe Title 1 funded aids for classrooms, additional aids like reading specialists etc

[Anonymous]

My 2 kids who go to a non-title 1 school pay for school lunch. My child who goes to a title 1 school does not (everyone gets free lunch).

[Anonymous]

Is there a chance that this is an oversight? What is going to happen to our aftercare and school partnerships next school year? DC Scores is a huge program at Bancroft and I know that DC Scores only operates at Title I schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is there a chance that this is an oversight? What is going to happen to our aftercare and school partnerships next school year? DC Scores is a huge program at Bancroft and I know that DC Scores only operates at Title I schools.

You may have to pay more. Schools lose (or gain) title 1 funding due to the % of the school population who are low income. When schools lose this funding, DCPS does make up some of it to ease the transition, which is what is happening here.

Bancroft is receiving $2,818 per student eligible for at-risk funding, bringing their total At-Risk Supplement to $577,677.Bancroft is slated to no longer be designated a Title I school and will not receive Title I Schoolwide
funds in FY24. The school is receiving a per-pupil allocation of Title II Professional Development funds that was previously included in the school's overall Title I allocation. . That funding does not usually translate to discounts for aftercare, however. That said, at risk students will still get free lunch etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 2 kids who go to a non-title 1 school pay for school lunch. My child who goes to a title 1 school does not (everyone gets free lunch).

My kid attends a title 1 and free lunch and breakfast automatically for every kid, you can't opt out of free lunch.

[Anonymous]

Last year they only got $90k in Title I funding that only partially covered the cost of one 3rd grade teacher.