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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone explain what a focus school is?[/quote]

The technical definition is something along the lines of "a school with a substantial achievement gap between student populations." In reality, it's a "bridge" between Title I schools (the highest FARMS rates) and those with relatively low numbers of poor/working class kids.

Federal Title I funds are technically available for schools with more than 40% of kids receiving FARMS. However, there are many more schools that meet that criteria in MCPS than there is money, and some of them are approaching 100% FARMS. So MCPS divides those schools into two tiers. "Title I" schools get most of the federal funds, but a smaller amount is reserved for "Focus" schools. In practice, this means more teachers/staff, lower class sizes, etc.

The trick is that class sizes can only go as small as there is space in the school. I don't know about RHES but there are Focus Schools with larger class sizes than the recommended cap because they are out of room to add another classroom. [/quote]

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