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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Unreal. That is my child's school and to classify that cohort classroom as "high-poverty" is shameful. I can only hope she made an error when she filled out the form.[/quote]

Before you call the teacher shameful, make sure you do some research.  The teachers don't describe the school's poverty level when they create a project.  I did a Google search on "donors choose how do they decide if a school is high poverty".  I found the information below.  The website actually describes it and they must have out of date information or as someone else said may be looking at stats for the zipcode.  As I said I did a specific search for this so it is very likely that updating a school's information is not easily found.

Also my child is in the teacher's class and she had sent around an email letting us know that this was a way we could give. She liked this option because it allowed us to share information with grandparents who might want to give and the website took care of buying and shipping the items.

How is a school's poverty level defined by DonorsChoose.org?

Poverty level refers to the percentage of students at a given school who qualify for free and reduced lunch, which is considered a measure of economic need.

To be deemed eligible for free/reduced lunch, a student must submit a form showing family income at or below 130% of the poverty line (a maximum income of $23,920 for a family of four).

Schools with 10%-39% of students receiving free/reduced lunch are denoted as "moderate poverty" while schools with more than 40% of students receiving free/reduced lunch are denoted as "high poverty".

For projects submitted from a school where free lunch rate data is unavailable or unreliable, "Poverty Data Unavailable" will appear.

Teachers: If your school's poverty level is unavailable or incorrect you can help us update it.
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