Bancroft Loses Title I Status?

[Anonymous]

I hardly believe that losing $90,000 is going to make or break a school’s budget especially since it was used for personnel.

[Anonymous]

They will lose OSTP aftercare entirely. That is the biggest immediate difference. Also, DC Scores will pull out like L-T lost City Year. If they already have plans in place, they may stay next year to ease the transition; they will definitely leave the year after.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hardly believe that losing $90,000 is going to make or break a school’s budget especially since it was used for personnel.

There are so few flexible staff positions that losing one is a big deal at lots of schools. Also? They are getting bridge funding from the Mayor. When that dries up, they be down another spot or two as well. Also, the Council only funds FoodPrints for T1s currently, so if that’s the garden program referred to, they have to fund it or it’s gone. L-T’s PTO paid $30K+ for FoodPrints last year.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Why can’t you opt out of free lunch if the food is crappy? What is the reasoning for this? It makes no sense.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Why can’t you opt out of free lunch if the food is crappy? What is the reasoning for this? It makes no sense.

You can opt out. No one is forcing kids to eat. What you can’t do is go through the line and hand over cash for it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I hardly believe that losing $90,000 is going to make or break a school’s budget especially since it was used for personnel.

There are so few flexible staff positions that losing one is a big deal at lots of schools. Also? They are getting bridge funding from the Mayor. When that dries up, they be down another spot or two as well. Also, the Council only funds FoodPrints for T1s currently, so if that’s the garden program referred to, they have to fund it or it’s gone. L-T’s PTO paid $30K+ for FoodPrints last year.

Most positions are flexible.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hardly believe that losing $90,000 is going to make or break a school’s budget especially since it was used for personnel.

There are so few flexible staff positions that losing one is a big deal at lots of schools. Also? They are getting bridge funding from the Mayor. When that dries up, they be down another spot or two as well. Also, the Council only funds FoodPrints for T1s currently, so if that’s the garden program referred to, they have to fund it or it’s gone. L-T’s PTO paid $30K+ for FoodPrints last year.

Most positions are flexible.

Not actually though once you account for the ones you realistically have to have. Schools try to cut classroom teachers where they can, but that’s how you end up with 30 kid 1st grade classes which isn’t awesome either.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hardly believe that losing $90,000 is going to make or break a school’s budget especially since it was used for personnel.

There are so few flexible staff positions that losing one is a big deal at lots of schools. Also? They are getting bridge funding from the Mayor. When that dries up, they be down another spot or two as well. Also, the Council only funds FoodPrints for T1s currently, so if that’s the garden program referred to, they have to fund it or it’s gone. L-T’s PTO paid $30K+ for FoodPrints last year.

Most positions are flexible.

Not actually though once you account for the ones you realistically have to have. Schools try to cut classroom teachers where they can, but that’s how you end up with 30 kid 1st grade classes which isn’t awesome either.

Bancroft already has 30 kids per classroom in elementary grades. With the Title 1 funding…

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I hardly believe that losing $90,000 is going to make or break a school’s budget especially since it was used for personnel.

There are so few flexible staff positions that losing one is a big deal at lots of schools. Also? They are getting bridge funding from the Mayor. When that dries up, they be down another spot or two as well. Also, the Council only funds FoodPrints for T1s currently, so if that’s the garden program referred to, they have to fund it or it’s gone. L-T’s PTO paid $30K+ for FoodPrints last year.

Most positions are flexible.

Not actually though once you account for the ones you realistically have to have. Schools try to cut classroom teachers where they can, but that’s how you end up with 30 kid 1st grade classes which isn’t awesome either.

Bancroft already has 30 kids per classroom in elementary grades. With the Title 1 funding…

30 kids?!!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hardly believe that losing $90,000 is going to make or break a school’s budget especially since it was used for personnel.

There are so few flexible staff positions that losing one is a big deal at lots of schools. Also? They are getting bridge funding from the Mayor. When that dries up, they be down another spot or two as well. Also, the Council only funds FoodPrints for T1s currently, so if that’s the garden program referred to, they have to fund it or it’s gone. L-T’s PTO paid $30K+ for FoodPrints last year.

Most positions are flexible.

Not actually though once you account for the ones you realistically have to have. Schools try to cut classroom teachers where they can, but that’s how you end up with 30 kid 1st grade classes which isn’t awesome either.

I mean that actually seems like the definition of flexibility. If a school wants to have three coaches and 30 kids in a 1st grade class, they can do that. They can look at the smallest class and cut a teacher there. They can cut an ELL intervention position.

If you are concerned, go to an LSAT meeting. They are open meetings so anyone is allowed to attend. Budget decisions are happening now because the teachers who serve on the LSATs are off all next week and they are due March 1. So go find out when they are and show up.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hardly believe that losing $90,000 is going to make or break a school’s budget especially since it was used for personnel.

There are so few flexible staff positions that losing one is a big deal at lots of schools. Also? They are getting bridge funding from the Mayor. When that dries up, they be down another spot or two as well. Also, the Council only funds FoodPrints for T1s currently, so if that’s the garden program referred to, they have to fund it or it’s gone. L-T’s PTO paid $30K+ for FoodPrints last year.

Most positions are flexible.

Not actually though once you account for the ones you realistically have to have. Schools try to cut classroom teachers where they can, but that’s how you end up with 30 kid 1st grade classes which isn’t awesome either.

Bancroft already has 30 kids per classroom in elementary grades. With the Title 1 funding…

30 kids?!!!

Yep, it’s masssively popular in the community and I guess space is more of an issue than staff. Urban neighborhood, so no space for trailers

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hardly believe that losing $90,000 is going to make or break a school’s budget especially since it was used for personnel.

There are so few flexible staff positions that losing one is a big deal at lots of schools. Also? They are getting bridge funding from the Mayor. When that dries up, they be down another spot or two as well. Also, the Council only funds FoodPrints for T1s currently, so if that’s the garden program referred to, they have to fund it or it’s gone. L-T’s PTO paid $30K+ for FoodPrints last year.

Most positions are flexible.

Not actually though once you account for the ones you realistically have to have. Schools try to cut classroom teachers where they can, but that’s how you end up with 30 kid 1st grade classes which isn’t awesome either.

I mean that actually seems like the definition of flexibility. If a school wants to have three coaches and 30 kids in a 1st grade class, they can do that. They can look at the smallest class and cut a teacher there. They can cut an ELL intervention position.

If you are concerned, go to an LSAT meeting. They are open meetings so anyone is allowed to attend. Budget decisions are happening now because the teachers who serve on the LSATs are off all next week and they are due March 1. So go find out when they are and show up.

The point is the loss of a full teaching position ($90K) is not nothing. And I bet the cuts are actually deeper than that. The initial budgets are misleading because of the increases in teacher salaries. Our budget looks like we lost 2 positions, but we lost at least 3.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They will lose OSTP aftercare entirely. That is the biggest immediate difference. Also, DC Scores will pull out like L-T lost City Year. If they already have plans in place, they may stay next year to ease the transition; they will definitely leave the year after.

Does Bancroft currently have any aftercare alternative to OSTP that isn't T1-linked? If not, their PTA needs to get on this for next year ASAP. Absolutely not joking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They will lose OSTP aftercare entirely. That is the biggest immediate difference. Also, DC Scores will pull out like L-T lost City Year. If they already have plans in place, they may stay next year to ease the transition; they will definitely leave the year after.

Does Bancroft currently have any aftercare alternative to OSTP that isn't T1-linked? If not, their PTA needs to get on this for next year ASAP. Absolutely not joking.

The only other aftercare provider that Bancroft has is Champions. This organization serves grades PK3-2 at the school. I don’t believe this organization is linked to T1 status since they are also operating at Hyde-Addison. However, 98% of their programming is at Title I schools. Bancroft also has the LAYC which serves 3rd graders. However, registration is done through OTSP so Bancroft will probably lose this partnership next school year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hardly believe that losing $90,000 is going to make or break a school’s budget especially since it was used for personnel.

There are so few flexible staff positions that losing one is a big deal at lots of schools. Also? They are getting bridge funding from the Mayor. When that dries up, they be down another spot or two as well. Also, the Council only funds FoodPrints for T1s currently, so if that’s the garden program referred to, they have to fund it or it’s gone. L-T’s PTO paid $30K+ for FoodPrints last year.

Most positions are flexible.

Not actually though once you account for the ones you realistically have to have. Schools try to cut classroom teachers where they can, but that’s how you end up with 30 kid 1st grade classes which isn’t awesome either.

I mean that actually seems like the definition of flexibility. If a school wants to have three coaches and 30 kids in a 1st grade class, they can do that. They can look at the smallest class and cut a teacher there. They can cut an ELL intervention position.

If you are concerned, go to an LSAT meeting. They are open meetings so anyone is allowed to attend. Budget decisions are happening now because the teachers who serve on the LSATs are off all next week and they are due March 1. So go find out when they are and show up.

The point is the loss of a full teaching position ($90K) is not nothing. And I bet the cuts are actually deeper than that. The initial budgets are misleading because of the increases in teacher salaries. Our budget looks like we lost 2 positions, but we lost at least 3.

Well mine lost 8. 🤷‍♀️ The point is that the loss of Title 1 dollars isn’t a big deal. It’s based on need and it was decided that Bancroft no longer needed as much funding because it no longer had as much need. We should be celebrating that. I get that a lot of families are disappointed that they received services as a result of their kid going to school with poor kids, but this is also the result of the changing demographics that they had a role in. Overall, $90k is a drop in the bucket.