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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I get it: some schools have significantly higher percentages of at risk kids. So almost 1 in 3 children being at risk isn’t a “real” Title 1 to you. What is the minimum percentage to qualify as “real” to you? [/quote]

No, because it falls below the 40% Title I threshold. Schools like John Lewis, Marie Reed and Garrison don’t need Title I funds any longer. Those funds should be given to schools in wards 7 and 8 where there is a real need. It would make things much more easier for the principals at those schools. And lots of affluent parents at schools like John Lewis constantly tout that they are at a Title I school, but the numbers of black children attending the school plummets every year. They only love the extra money coming into the school, but not the children and families who make the school eligible for Title I. Period.[/quote]

What is the loophole that allows schools below the 40% threshold to keep their title 1 status?[/quote]

There is no loophole. PP is conflating "at-risk" (a local DC legal term) with the poverty indicator used by U.S. Ed (and therefore OSSE) to determine Title I status. While there is a huge amount of overlap in these two categories, they are slightly different and you can qualify as a student in poverty under the Title I definition without qualifying as "at-risk".

You can see the 3 ways a student can qualify for free/reduced lunch (these are the students that determine Title I funding) on DCPS' site. https://dcps.dc.gov/farm

The first two categories would also qualify the student as "at-risk" (SNAP/TANF, foster care, homeless). However, not all students that qualify for free/reduced lunch under "income eligibility" would be "at-risk".

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Lol idk about this year but you are wrong. I work at one of those schools and got a 10k bonus, that is ONLY available at title 1 schools.[/quote]

But not all of them. [/quote]

Yes, it is available at all title 1 schools.[/quote]

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