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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was looking at the budget to check this out. I am definitely no budget expert. But it looks like *more* schools with poverty indicators will actually experience the benefits of having a reduced class size, but yet the current smaller number of Title I / Focus school will have an increase. This is because there are now three tiers in addition to the base (which is only about 25 schools in the base). In a way, this means more students experiencing poverty will receive the benefits of the funds. A lot of the Tier 3 schools which currently experience the Title I / focus benefits will be at a 1:20 ratio (K as an example) If it is currently at 19, that is on average one extra student but then hundreds of other students in poverty will go from classes of 25+ to a class ratio of 1:21 or 22 (tier 2 and 3). I guess I see it as trying to support more pockets of poverty throughout the district instead of hyperfocusing on just some communities in poverty. But, like I said I am no budget professional so maybe I’m seeing it wrong.

It also looked like there is a $7 million dollar decrease in Title I funds coming from the state! [/quote]

Thanks Governor Moore![/quote]

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